4 October, 2020
Inflation decreased in September
Headline inflation marginally decreased to 4.0 percent in September 2020 from 4.1 percent in August 2020.
This was driven by the statistical effect of the high base that prevailed in September 2019. Food inflation (Y-o-Y) decreased to 11.5 percent in September 2020 from 12.3 percent in August 2020, whereas Non-food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 0.9 per cent in September 2020 from 0.8 per cent in August 2020.