Mauritius inflation rises for fifth month
Mauritius’ annual
average inflation rate rose for the fifth straight month in November to
2.5 percent from 2.3 percent a month earlier, official data showed on
Monday.
The rate was up
mainly on account of a 5.9 percent jump in the prices of alcoholic
beverages and tobacco, the Central Statistics Office said in a
statement.
“The headline
inflation rate for the 12 months ending November 2010 works out to 2.5
percent, compared to 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending November
2009,” the statement said.
According to the statistics office, the consumer price index rose to
121.9 from 121.0 in October and 117.3 in November 2009, pushing the
year-on-year rate to 3.9 percent.
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