On an annual basis, prices for the bottom 30% income households slowed down further to 0.8 percent in October 2019. This is the lowest inflation recorded for this income group since November 2015, in which the inflation rate was posted at 0.9 percent.

The country’s year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households continued to slow down as it posted a slower annual rate of 2.3 percent in August 2019.

The year-on-year inflation for bottom 30% income households at the national level eased to 4.0 percent in June 2019.