People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXXII

No. 16

April 27, 2008

 



CONSUMER PRICES: MARCH 2008

(% Change on Year Ago)

[SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST, 24TH APRIL 2008]

 



Country

Inflation

Japan*

1

Canada

1.4

Netherlands

2.2

Britain

2.5

Switzerland

2.6

Malaysia

2.8

Germany

3.1

Denmark

3.1

Luxembourg*

3.1

Portugal

3.1

France

3.2

Norway

3.2

Italy

3.3

Sweden

3.4

New Zealand**

3.4

Austria

3.5

Israel

3.7

South Korea

3.9

Finland

3.9

United States

4

Taiwan

4

Poland

4.1

Australia**

4.2

Hong Kong

4.2

Slovakia

4.2

Mexico

4.3

Belgium

4.4

Greece

4.4

Spain

4.5

Brazil

4.7

Country

Inflation

Ireland

5

Thailand

5.3

India*

5.5

Peru

5.5

Columbia

5.9

Philippines

6.4

Singapore*

6.5

Hungary

6.7

Slovenia

6.9

Czech Republic

7.1

Indonesia

8.2

China

8.3

Chile

8.5

Saudi Arabia*

8.7

Iceland

8.7

Argentina

8.8

Turkey

9.2

South Africa

10.6

Estonia

10.9

Lithuania

11.3

Russia

13.3

Pakistan

14.1

Egypt

14.4

Latvia

16.8

Venezuela

29.1


* Data for February 2008

** Data for First Quarter 2008