More Than Three Quarters of Mehr's Monthly Inflation Came From Non-Food Goods and Services, With Transport Contributing Most

Khabar Online, citing Eghtesad Online and drawing on the Statistical Center of Iran's report for Mehr 1405, wrote that non-food goods and services, with a 70.56% weight in the household basket and monthly inflation of 5.8%, produced 3.38 percentage points of the 4.38% monthly inflation. Food, beverages and tobacco contributed one point. The Statistical Center itself put the overall monthly rate at 4.4% and food at 2.4%.

According to the analysis, transport, with monthly inflation of 10.7% and a 8.93% weight, added 0.94 points to the headline index, and housing, water, electricity and gas ranked second with 0.77 points. Education's monthly inflation was 23.5%, but its 0.88% weight held its contribution to 0.14 points. Year-on-year inflation in clothing and footwear reached 103.7%, which the analysis says is the first triple-digit reading in the Statistical Center's series, and the overall price index is up 40.5% from Esfand 1404 to Mehr. The group-level figures come from Eghtesad Online's analysis and are not in the Statistical Center text Mehr reported.