{"id":87600,"date":"2023-08-21T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=87600"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:33:54","slug":"sri-lanks-infaltion-drops-further-to-4-6-pct-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-business-news\/sri-lanks-infaltion-drops-further-to-4-6-pct-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lank&#8217;s infaltion drops further to 4.6 pct in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO, 21 (XINHUA\/APP):Sri Lanka&#8217;s inflation based on the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) decreased to 4.6 percent in July from 10.8 percent in June, the Department of Census and Statistics said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The department said inflation in the food category dropped to negative 2.5 percent last month from 2.5 percent in June.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation in the non-food group decreased to 10.9 percent in July from 18.3 percent in June.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka&#8217;s inflation will fall further in August before staying between 4 percent and 6 percent, Director of Economic Research Department at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka P.K.G. 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