Inflation remains unchanged

During the week, inflation declined marginally by 0.02 percentage points to 8.06 per cent provisional from 8.08 per cent P in the previous week.

Inflation was exactly half of the current figure at 4.03 per cent in the corresponding week last year. The rate of increase in prices has been on the rise ever since it touched 3.47 per cent on September 27, 1997.