20 items, including tomatoes, potatoes, flour and chicken, became expensive, the weekly report continued

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The Bureau of Statistics has released a weekly report on inflation in the country.


According to the report of the Institute of Statistics, inflation in the country increased by 0.73 percent during a week, while the annual inflation rate was recorded at 29.8 percent.


 The report stated that in one week, tomato became expensive by 15.4% and potato by 4.5%, flour by 2.4%, garlic by 2.1%, salt by 1.8%, chicken by 1.6%.



According to the report of the Bureau of Statistics, the price of jaggery, ghee, rice and pulses decreased slightly last week.


In the report of the Bureau of Statistics, it was stated that the price of 20 items increased and the price of 8 items decreased in a week, while the prices of 23 items remained stable.