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MP: Iran's point-to-point inflation at 61 percent

Business Materials 23 July 2013 16:24 (UTC +04:00)
Iran's point-to-point inflation stood at 61 percent in the third calendar month of the current year (May 22 - June 21), Head of Majlis Research Center Kazem Jalali said on Tuesday.
MP: Iran's point-to-point inflation at 61 percent

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Iran's point-to-point inflation stood at 61 percent in the third calendar month of the current year (May 22 - June 21), Head of Majlis Research Center Kazem Jalali said on Tuesday.

"In the recent days some contradictory statistics have been released which shows that some organizations are not doing their job very well," Jalali said, the Mehr News Agency reported.

"The inflation rate is really alarming and the officials should try to find a solution as soon as possible," he added.

Previously the Central Bank of Iran announced that the inflation rate for the 12-month period ended in the third Iranian calendar month of Khordad (June 21, 2013) compared to the same period in the previous year hit 35.9 percent, the Mehr News Agency reported.

Meanwhile the Statistical Centre of Iran has put the inflation rate for the mentioned period of time at 32.6 percent.

The centre has announced that the point-to-point inflation rate in the month of Khordad hit 41.2 percent.

Earlier this month, the Central Bank of Iran Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said that the country would curb inflation through three financial policies.

"By selling bonds and gold coins as well as reducing liquidity, we hope to curb inflation," Bahmani stated.

Iran's average monthly inflation rate was 25.4 percent during the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20.

In April, the International Monetary Fund reported that Iran's economy contracted by 1.9 percent in 2012 and is expected to shrink by 1.3 percent this year.

However, the economy of the Islamic Republic is forecast to grow next year by 1.1 percent, the IMF said in its annual World Economic Outlook.

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