Highlights
The price of staple remained generally stable in September 2015; wheat price remained unchanged while wheat flour price registered an increase of less than one percent compared to the previous month.
The prices of most non‐cereal food commodities experienced downward trend in September.
The headline as well as food inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 1.3% and 0.1% respectively on a yearly basis, while on a monthly basis, headline inflation decreased by 0.1% and for food, it declined by 0.4% in September 2015.
Estimates for global wheat supply as well as production recorded a further increase owing to which global wheat prices have registered some decrease.
Compared to previous month, purchasing capacity of daily wage earners as reflected by the terms‐of‐trade, remained almost unchanged in September 2015.