Current food inflation in Sri Lanka: Causes, consequences and way forward
22 Oct 2022
Current food inflation in Sri Lanka: Causes, consequences and way forward
22 Oct 2022
BCI | BCI Supermarket | ||
Period | YoY change | Period | YoY change |
August 2019 – August 2020 | 30.61% | August 2019 – August 2020 | 28.37% |
August 2020 – August 2021 | 30.30% | August 2020 – August 2021 | 20.47% |
August 2021 – August 2022 | 59.39% | August 2021 – August 2022 | 83.88% |
Period | MoM change | Period | MoM change |
August 2022 – September 2022 | -7.63% | August 2022 – September 2022 | -5.69% |
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- CBSL. (2022). CCPI based headline inflation recorded at 69.8% on Year-on-Year basis in September 2022. CBSL. https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/sites/default/files/cbslweb_documents/press/pr/press_20220930_inflation_in_september_2022_ccpi_e.pdf.
- Economynext. (2022). Sri Lanka households drop meat from diet, slash drug doses as poverty worsens: survey. https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-households-drop-meat-from-diet-slash-drug-doses-as-poverty-worsens-survey-101259/.
- FAO & WFP.(2022). FAO/WFP Crop & Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.fao.org/3/cc1886en/cc1886en.pdf.
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- Trading Economics. (2022). Sri Lanka Food Inflation. https://tradingeconomics.com/sri-lanka/food-inflation.
- The World Bank. (2022). Food Security Update. The World Bank. Food-Security-Update-LXX-September-29-2022.pdf (worldbank.org).
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