Central Bank of Iran cuts interest rates to stem inflation
IRNA – Iran’s Central Bank said on Monday that cutting interest rates aims to channel liquidity to the manufacturing sector and stem…
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Central Bank of Iran sets 22% inflation target
Financial Tribune – The Central Bank of Iran says based on “realistic assumptions and scenarios” it will set the inflation target at…
With inflation ravaging currency, Iran is changing names and numbers
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi: The rial unit of currency, which has lost much of its value against the dollar,…
Iran’s CB hopes to tame inflation to 22%
Financial Tribune – Governor of Central Bank of Iran is hopeful that the inflation rate could be brought down to around 22%…
Iran’s CB reviews inflationary trend over three decades
Financial Tribune – The increase in consumer prices hit a 24-year high of 41.2% in the last fiscal year that ended on…
COVID-19: Social distancing and cost of economic lockdown
Financial Tribune – Workers and government employees have returned to workplaces, despite hot debates among economic analysts about the impact of new…
Consumer inflation at 34.8%
Financial Tribune – T he average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending March 19, which marks the…
Inflation erodes bond market’s real value
Financial Tribune – Iran’s bond market grew twofold in two years from January 2018 till January 2020, but its real value changed…
SCI reports Q3 rise in EPI, IPI inflations
Financial Tribune – Export Price Index, an indicator measuring the overall change in prices for goods and services sold abroad, (using the…
Inflation downtrend continues in Iran
Financial Tribune – The overall Consumer Price Index (using the Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year) stood at 197.6…
Inflation rate slides 1.4%: SCI
Tehran Times – The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced that the inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on January 20,…
Iran’s CB: Taming inflation is a top priority
Financial Tribune – Having accomplished one goal of bringing a semblance of stability to currency market, the Central Bank of Iran will…
Iran’s CB: Open market operation set in motion
Financial Tribune – T he Central Bank of Iran officially started open market operations as part of its monetary policy to curb…
MRC criticizes piecemeal measures to tackle inflation
Financial Tribune – In an analytical report appraising measures taken to curb inflation, the Majlis Research Center says the government has resorted…
Statistical Center of Iran surveys provincial inflation rates
Financial Tribune – The growth in overall Consumer Price Index was the highest (2.3%) for Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province during the eighth month of…
Iran’s rich-poor inflation gap at 2%
Financial Tribune – The inflation gap indicates a 0.2 percentage point decline compared with the previous month’s 2.2% The average annual inflation…
Forex reserves in stable conditions, CBI governor says
IRNA – Governor of Central Bank of Iran Abdul Nasser Hemmati stated that Iran is in a good place with regard to…
Consumption of poor families shrinks
Financial Tribune – The seven-month inflation rate calculated for households within three deciles at the bottom of income distribution did not exceed…
SCI reviews provincial consumer inflation rates
Financial Tribune – The growth in overall Consumer Price Index was the highest (3.4%) for Kerman Province in the seventh month of…
Iran’s consumer inflation at 42%
Financial Tribune – The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in Iran for the 12-month period ending Oct. 22 increased by…
SCI surveys consumer inflation across Iran
Financial Tribune – The Statistical Center of Iran has released a new report, detailing consumer price changes in Iran’s 31 provinces for…
Iran’s monthly consumer inflation declines to 18-month low
Financial Tribune – The monthly goods and services Consumer Price Index growth fell to an 18-month low in the sixth month of…
Housing slowdown eases consumer inflation in Iran
Financial Tribune – The slowdown in the monthly rise in housing price levels is believed to be behind the disinflation registered for…
Iran inflation slows, first decline reported after 16 months
Press TV – The Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI), the body responsible for issuing reports on major economic indicators, says inflation is…
SCI reviews inflation rates, income deciles in Iran
Financial Tribune – Ilam Province’s goods and services Consumer Price Index registered an increase of 60.8% during the fourth Iranian month (June…
SCI surveys latest inflation rates for income deciles in Iran
Financial Tribune – The average annual inflation gap measured by the Statistical Center of Iran among income deciles increased by 0.1% to…
Iran’s year-on-year inflation rate at 34.2%
IRNA – Iran’s inflation rate in the 12 months ending in the Iranian calendar month of Ordibehesht (May 21) was announced at…
Iranians forced to forgo meat staples as prices soar
Bourse and Bazaar – Working class Iranians could look forward to a hearty meal of meat stew or kabob at least once…
Viewing highest, lowest inflation among Iranian provinces
Financial Tribune – Kurdestan Province’s goods and services Consumer Price Index registered an increase of 63.4% during the first Iranian month (March…
Rich-poor inflation gap narrows in Iran
Financial Tribune – The average annual inflation gap measured by the Statistical Center of Iran among income deciles decreased 0.2% to reach…
Iran inflation could reach 40 percent this year as economy shrinks further – IMF
Reuters – Iran’s economy is expected to shrink for the second consecutive year and inflation could reach 40 percent, an International Monetary…
CBI gov. announces plan to curb inflation
MNA – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced the bank’s plan for controlling the fluctuating macroeconomic…
How incompetence, sanctions jointly hit Iran’s economy
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: There is an Iranian proverb that goes, “You can tell a good year from its spring.” Judging from…
SCI surveys inflationary trend in Iran provinces
Financial Tribune – The goods and services Consumer Price Index in Kurdestan Province saw an increase of 58.3% during the month to…
Iran’s last year inflation officially announced 26.9%
IRNA – Iran’s inflation rate in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) stood at 26.9%, based on a report…
SCI reviews inflationary uptrend in Iran provinces
Financial Tribune – The YOY inflation was highest in Kurdestan Province with 52.5% and lowest in Qom Province with 35.3% T he…
Why Rouhani should think beyond price controls to contain inflation
Al-Monitor | Navid Kalhor: Turbulent fluctuations in the value of the Iranian currency on the open market in 2018 led to the…
Iran’s YOY consumer price inflation near 40%
Financial Tribune – The average index in the 12-month period ending Jan. 20 increased by 20.6% compared with last year’s corresponding period…
How Europe’s forthcoming SPV can help Iran fight inflation
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Europe has yet to launch its special purpose vehicle (SPV) to support trade with Iran and…
Top banker: Removing zeros from Iran’s currency not to impact inflation
Tasnim – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran described a plan to lop off four zeros from the country’s currency as…