Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate continued to slow down to 4.4 percent in February from 5.0 percent in January and 5.2 percent last December.
Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate moved up to 5.1 percent in December from 4.5 percent in November. This brings the average inflation rate for 1996 to 8.4 percent, as compared to the 8.1 percent recorded in 1995.
Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate increased to 4.8 percent from 4.2 percent last month. The index was estimated at 239.0 in June from 236.0 in May.