Price pressures decelerate towards year-end; CPI averages 3.5% in 2025
With limited space for subsidies and a heavy reliance on indirect taxation, future budgetary measures could exert upward pressure on prices, particularly affecting urban consumers. Photo (file)
The inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 5.6% year-on-year in December 2025, down from 6.1% in the previous month but higher than 4.1% in December 2024, indicating price pressure on households despite the month-on-month decline.
On a month-on-month basis, the CPI decreased by 0.5% in December 2025, against an increase of 0.4% in November and a rise of 0.1% in December last yea
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