04-11-2008, 03:17 AM
<b>Inflation swells to historical level of 14.2pc</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD - The inflation skyrocketed to the historical level of 14.2 per cent in March 2008 over the same month of the previous year, a last legacy of Shaukat Aziz-led regime. <b>Not only this, the food inflation also surged by 20.61 per cent in March 2008</b> relative to the same period of the previous year.
According to Federal Bureau of Statistics, <b>the general inflation based on Consumer Price Index (retail market) increased by 14.12 per cent during March 2008</b> over the same period (March 2007) of the last year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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