The Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Report-August 2025

Abstract

Annual consumer price inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 4.5 percent in August 2025. This implies that the general price level was 4.5 per cent higher in August 2025 than it was in August 2024. The price increase was primarily driven by a rise in prices of items in the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (8.3%); Transport (4.4%), and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (0.8%) over the one-year period. These three divisions together account for over 57 per cent of the total weight across the 13 major expenditure categories.