The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) put the average inflation rate in the twelve-month period that ended on September 22, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian calendar month of the Iranian year 1401, at 42.1 percent, 0.6 percentage points more from the figure for the twelve-month period that ended on the last day of the month before.
The center put the country’s point-to-point inflation rate at 49.7 percent in the sixth month of this year that is 2.5 percentage points less than in the month before. Point-to-Point means that families have paid an average of 49,7 percent more for purchasing the same package of commodities and services in that month, compared to the same month in the year before. The point-to-point inflation in the major group of “food, beverages and tobacco” was 75.4 percent with a decrease of 5.0 percentage points in comparison with the previous month..