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Article: Bangladesh's inflation surges slightly to 5.39 percent in May
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 5, 2009
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Bangladesh's inflation surges slightly to 5.39 percent in May
DHAKA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's inflation in May surged
slightly from its April level to 5.39 percent as food prices soared
in the South Asian country to some extent, official statistics
showed.
According to the data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (
BBS) released here on Sunday, the country's inflation went up by 0.
03 percentage points from April's 5.36 percent to 5.39 percent in
May, while it was 7.44 percent in May a year ago.
The BBS data showed the country's food inflation was recorded at
4.89 percent in May this year, compared with 9.66 percent in May
last ...