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Table 10: Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Rate: January 2009 to May 2017 1

Month 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
January 115.3 118.2 125.8 131.9 135.7 107.2 107.9 108.3 110.2
February 115.8 118.6 126.7 131.9 136.6 108.5 110.7 110.1 111.5
March 116.1 118.8 127.4 132.3 137.1 107.7 110.1 111.1 112.5
April 116.2 119.3 127.6 132.5 103.4 107.7 110.0 110.2 113.4
May 116.2 119.1 127.6 132.5 103.3 106.8 107.3 108.2 114.6
June 117.1 119.9 127.8 132.8 103.4 106.8 107.2 108.4
July 117.8 120.2 128.2 133.0 103.6 106.8 107.4 108.5
August 117.5 120.6 128.4 133.2 103.3 107.2 108.4 109.4
September 117.8 120.7 128.3 133.3 103.5 106.5 108.6 109.6
October 117.3 121.0 128.2 133.6 103.9 105.9 107.5 109.1
November 117.3 121.9 130.4 134.4 105.0 105.9 107.0 109.4
December 117.2 124.4 130.4 134.6 105.3 105.5 106.9 109.4

Average 116.8 120.2 128.1 133.0 106.9 108.3 109.3 112.4

(Per cent)

Year-on-Year Inflation Rate2 +1.5 +6.1 +4.8 +3.2 +4.0 +0.2 +1.3 +2.3 +5.9

Headline Inflation Rate3 +2.5 +2.9 +6.5 +3.9 +3.5 +3.2 +1.3 +1.0 +1.9

1 Effective April 2013, the new CPI is based on an updated basket of goods and services derived from the 2012 Household Budget Survey.

The base period is January – December 2012 = 100.
2 Year-on-Year Inflation Rate for the period ended May 2017.
3 Headline Inflation Rate for the twelve-month period ended May 2017.

Notes: (i) Year-on-Year inflation rate is computed as the change in the CPI for a given month compared with the same month

of the preceding year in percentage terms.

(ii) Headline inflation is measured by comparing the average level of prices, as measured by the CPI, during a twelve-month period

with the average level during the corresponding previous twelve-month period.

Sources: Statistics Mauritius and Bank of Mauritius.