Retail inflation declines to 2.05 per cent in January

Retail inflation declined marginally to 2.05 per cent in January over the previous month on the continued decline in food prices, including vegetables and eggs.

According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2018 has also been revised downward to 2.11 per cent from the earlier estimate of 2.19 per cent. The inflation was 5.07 per cent in January 2018.

The data released by the Central Statistics Office further said the inflation in



the 'fuel and light' category also fell to 2.2 per cent in January this year from 4.54 per cent in December 2018.