MARCH 2022 27 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Consumer price and core inflation indices (year-on-year rate of change and 12-month moving average) CPI year-on-year rate of change rises to 4.2% The Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered the following year-on-year rates of change in February 2022: • Total CPI: 4.2% (3.3% in the previous month); • Core inflation index (total index excluding unprocessed food and energy): 3.2% (2.4% in January); • Energy products index: 15.0% (12.1% in the previous month); • Unprocessed food products index: 3.7% (3.4% in January). 1.82% 4.19% 3.20% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% Feb-18 May-18 Aug-18 Nov-18 Feb-19 May-19 Aug-19 Nov-19 Feb-20 May-20 Aug-20 Nov-20 Feb-21 May-21 Aug-21 Nov-21 Feb-22 CPI (12-month moving average) CPI (year-on-year rate of change) Core Inflation Index (year-on-year rate of change) In February 2022, the CPI also registered the following rates of change: • Month-on-month: 0.4% (0.3% in the previous month and -0.5% in February 2021); • Month-on-month, excluding unprocessed food and energy products: 0.2% (nil change in the previous month and -0.6% in February 2021); • Average over the last 12 months: 1.8% (1.5% in the previous month).
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