Y-o-Y consumer price inflation increases over 1 percent in seven months

Kathmandu, 12 March (2023) - The country has witnessed the year-on-year consumer price inflation at 7.88 percent until mid-February of the current fiscal year, 2022/23. The price inflation is an over one percent increment as compared to the 6.24 percent during the same period in the previous FY.

It may be noted that the government has set a goal of maintaining the inflation not exceeding 7 percent throughout the current FY.