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