Inflation in double digit till Jan: Sen

India8217;s inflation will remain in double digits until the end of January in part due to higher prices of manufactured products, the chief statistician said on Thursday.

8220;Headline inflation will remain in double digits until January due to base effect and higher prices of manufactured products,8221; Pronab Sen, secretary at the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, siad.

Annual inflation rate was at 12.14 per cent on Sept. 6. Data later on Thursday is expected to show it rose to 12.33 per cent as at Sept. 13, a Reuters poll of analysts found.