Cairo – Mubasher: Egypt’s core price index (CPI) annually soared to 20.2% in last November, said the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
On a monthly basis, the index, which covers urban consumers only, increased 19.4% or 205.3 points in November, compared with 4.8% a month earlier, CAPMAS added.
Earlier, the International Monetary Fund expected inflation to shoot up above 18% during the coming year.
