On a month-on-month basis, the consumer price index was at 0.4% in August from 1.1 % in the previous month.
Core inflation, which excludes prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages, fuel and energy, edged up slightly to 3.1% year on year in August, from 3.0% previously. On a month-on-month basis core inflation was at 0.3% from 0.5% previously.
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