DHAKA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Inflation in Bangladesh accelerated to 11.38 percent in November, the highest in four months, mainly driven by higher food prices, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reported on Thursday.
Data showed that it was 10.87 percent in October.
Food inflation soared 13.80 percent in November, up from 12.66 percent a month ago. The inflation of non-food items increased to 9.39 percent in November from 9.34 percent in October, the data showed.
The country's average inflation surged to 9.73 percent in the fiscal year 2023-24 (July 2023-June 2024), much higher than the budgetary target of 7.5 percent for the fiscal.
In the previous 2022-23 fiscal year, overall inflation was 9.02 percent. ■
