Food inflation increased to 13.80% in November. Food inflation has gotten out of hand once more. Food inflation increased to 13.80% in November in just one month. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published the most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for November of this year on Thursday, November 7.
Food inflation increased: The BBS data indicates that rising prices for rice, lentils, oil, salt, fish, meat, vegetables, spices, and tobacco products were the main causes of the increase in food inflation.
In November, the average or overall rate of inflation also rose, according to figures from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). It increased to 11.38% from 10.87% the month before.
Rent for a home, furnishings, household goods, healthcare, transportation, and school supplies all went up in November. In these sectors, inflation increased somewhat from 9.34% in October to 9.39% in November.
Throughout July, students from several institutions around the nation protested, calling for the elimination of the quota system in government employment. As a result, the nation was in a state of paralysis, and Dhaka was essentially cut off from the rest of the nation, disrupting the supply lines for goods. As a result, food inflation increased to 14.10 percent in July. Food inflation rose to 12.54% in August 2023, the highest level in 12 years. October 2011 saw the greatest food inflation rate ever, at 12.82%.
