Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Mauritius March y/y inflation climbs to 9.7 pct

(Reuters) - Mauritian year-on-year inflation rose to 9.7 percent in March from 8.9 percent in December, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Wednesday.

For the first quarter of this year, the consumer price index rose 1.8 percent following price increases of fresh vegetables, chicken, meat, powdered milk, oil and some other food products as well as higher tuition fees, the report said.


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