Headline inflation increased to 6-pct in August 2021

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index, increased to 6.0 percent in August 2021 from 5.7 percent in July 2021 driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories. Subsequently, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 11.5 percent in August 2021 from 11.0 percent […]