Food Prices Push Fiji Inflation to 7.6%
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- Fiji’s annual inflation rate reached 7.6% in August, with living costs higher than a year earlier.
- Consumer prices fell 0.1% from July, according to the Fiji Bureau of Statistics.
- Transport recorded the largest monthly decline, falling 4.0%.
Fiji’s inflation rate reached 7.6% in August, keeping the cost of living above its level a year earlier.
The latest figures from the Fiji Bureau of Statistics showed a slight monthly decline. Prices fell 0.1% in August compared with July.
Transport recorded the biggest drop, declining 4.0% over the month. The figures nevertheless showed that overall prices remained substantially higher than a year earlier.
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