CBI Puts Iran's Inflation At 15.8%

TEHRAN (IRNA) – Central Bank of Iran on Monday announced that the country's inflation rate in the year ending in the Iranian month of Bahman (January 21) stood at 15.8% compared with the same period last year.

Date: 23 February 2015 - 21:15

News ID: ۱۱۳۱۳

The CBI announcement said that the price of commodities and services in urban areas in the month of Bahman showed 0.8 percent growth compared to the preceding month.

It said that inflation rose up by 16.2 percent compared to the same month last year.

The CBI had previously announced the country's inflation rate in the year ending in the Iranian month of Dey (started December 22) at 16.3% compared with the same period last year.