Kathmandu. The annual consumer inflation stood at 2.72 per cent in May 2018. The inflation was 4.17 percent in the same month last year. Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has published the data for the 11 months of the fiscal year 2081/82 BS.
Inflation in the food and beverages category stood at 0.54 per cent and that in the non-food and services category at 3.94 per cent. Inflation in these groups was 5.85 per cent and 3.07 per cent, respectively, in the same period last year.
In the review month, the annual point-wise consumer price index of ghee and oil sub-group under food and beverages group increased by 10.06 per cent, non-alcoholic beverages by 5.13 per cent, fruits by 3.51 per cent and pulses and beans by 2.85 per cent.
The annual point-wise consumer price index of vegetables sub-group declined by 7.04 percent, spices by 3.06 percent and fish and mass by 2.91 percent.
Province-wise, consumer inflation was 4.18 percent in Koshi Province, 2.52 percent in Madhes Province, 2.29 percent in Bagmati Province, 1.75 percent in Gandaki Province, 2.39 percent in Lumbini Province, 2.54 percent in Karnali Province and 3.86 percent in Sudurpaschim Province.
