Inflation in September rose to 7.52%, up from the 6.98% in August, the NSO said Monday.

In September 2022, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index was 7.52 per cent, up from the 6.98 per cent in August 2022.

The 12-month moving average rate for September stood at 4.93 per cent.

The largest upward impact on annual inflation was measured in the Food Index (+2.54 percentage points), largely due to higher prices of take-aways. The second and third largest impacts were measured in the Housing Index (+1.29 percentage points) and the Transport and communication Index (+1.21 percentage points), mainly on account of higher prices of tiles and cars respectively.

On the other hand, no downward impacts on annual inflation were registered for the month of September