Ilam Sees Highest Inflation among Iranian Provinces in the Month of Mehr 13971 Total Households In the month of Mehr2 of the year 1397, the nation’s household general index (1395=100) stood at 144.1 which increased by 7.1 percent compared to the previous month. In this month, the province of Ilam sees the highest monthly inflation rate of the nation’s household with a 9.5 percent increase and the lowest monthly inflation rate belongs to Qom province with a 5.0 percent rise. Percentage change of general index for the nation’s households is 32.8 percent compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (point to point inflation). The highest point to point inflation rate is for Ilam province with 39.9 percent and the lowest one was for Kerman province with 26.1 percent. That is to say that the households residing in Ilam province, on average, would spend 7.1 percent more than the nation's total mean, and the households living in Kerman province, on average, would spend 6.7 percent less than the nation’s total mean compared to the month of Mehr of the year 1396 if the “same range of goods and services” was purchased by these households in both provinces. The twelve month inflation rate ending to the month of Mehr of the year 1397 for the nation’s households stood at 13.4 percent. The highest twelve month inflation rate goes to Lorestan province with 16.6 percent and the lowest one is for Kerman province with 10.4 percent. The twelve-month inflation rate gap of provinces in the month of Mehr is 6.2 percent indicating a 1 percentage point rise compared to the previous month. Total Nation's Household Twelve Month Inflation rate by 6 Province 5 . 0 . 8 . 4 3 . 6 6 . 7 5 6 5 2 . 1 . 1 1 5 8 5 . 5 4 1 . 1 2 4 . 18.0 4 . 1 1 7 . 4 4 5 4 3 . 1 1 . 0 3 1 9 . 8 3 8 6 3 6 . 6 6 1 1 . 4 . 4 . 2 3 1 1 . 2 . 2 16.0 1 . 2 1 . 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14.0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 1 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 … … i i l r s z y i n n n n n n n n n d n n n n n h n n n n z v & & r r n i r m m h z a a a a a b a a a a a a a a a a a a a a t l a v a l a j j j a o o t t t t r r e s a s h g i e l h h n d z k t z a n F s s e s s e I n b m a z a a h h Y r s e s Q a d a e l a G h r u y y e r r e e e s f m d r e y a o n e l R r A a e a a s o Za h o Q d o u m e z T n u a A o - r o c l c K E b b m M h h S a B a i u m L r r r e l G o u m z r K K g - h l H a a o a r K a a h t a K z z n h h e H h o t t a o B A A M K r a s K u T t t o a h & s o s r C S N a e n o E a h W t K s i S 1- It is the Iranian year which usually begins on the day of 21 March of the Gregorian calendar. To find the corresponding year of the Gregorian calendar, add 621 or 622 (depending on the time of the year) to a solar Hijri year. For example the corresponding year of the year 1397 in the Gregorian calendar is (21 March 2018-20 March 2019). 2- Iranian months and their equivalent in Gregorian calendar Farvardin (21 March-20April) Mehr (23 September-22 October) Ordibehesht (21 April-21 May) Aban (23 October-21 November) Khordad (22 May-21 June) Azar (22 November-21 December) Tir (22 June-22 July) Dey (22 December-20 January) Mordad (23 July-22 August) Bahman (21 January-19 February) Shahrivar (23 August-22 September) Esfand (20 February-20 March) Urban Households Urban household general index (1395=100) reached 143.6 in the month of Mehr of the year 1397, which increased by 6.8 percent compared to the previous month. In this month, the highest monthly inflation rate of the urban household goes to Ilam province with a 9.8 percent increase and the lowest monthly inflation rate belongs to Fars province with a 4.4 percent increase. The percentage change of general index for the urban households is 32.4 percent compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (point to point inflation). The highest point to point inflation rate is for Ilam province with 40.6 percent and the lowest one goes to Kerman province with 25.5 percent. That is to say that the urban households residing in Ilam province, on average, would spend 8.2 percent more than the nation's total mean, and the urban households living in Kerman province, on average, would spend 6.9 percent less than the nation’s total mean compared to the month of Mehr of the year 1396 if the “same range of goods and services” was purchased by these households in both provinces. The twelve month inflation rate ending to the month of Mehr of the year 1397 for urban households stood at 13.4 percent. The highest twelve month inflation rate goes to Hamedan province with 17.3 percent, and the lowest one is for Yazd province with 11.0 percent. The twelve-month inflation rate gap of provinces in the month of Mehr is 6.3 percent indicating a 0.3 percentage point rise compared to the previous month. Point To Point Inflation for Urban Households by Province 6 . 8 6 7 5 0 . 0 4 4 45.0 2 . 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 . 9 . 4 0 6 . 8 3 3 3 3 4 . 5 2 5 . 0 . 4 4 4 . 2 . 3 3 4 3 3 3 . 40.0 1 3 3 7 2 3 3 . 3 2 . 2 . 2 9 8 8 3 . 4 3 2 1 3 . 7 3 5 . 0 3 0 . 3 0 9 3 . 9 . 3 . 8 8 8 5 8 3 3 35.0 8 3 7 2 . 7 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 30.0 2 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 l i i i r s z n n h n d n n y n n n d n n n n n n n n n n i r r z n m r i m v h r a a a a a a a a a z a a a a a a a a a a b a t a a a j t t t l t j j a a o r e r o v s s a h d g h n t e i l y s s s s n e e k z a n F m m z h b h a a s i I s e a z Q d r l e e e e r Y r u r t a s a a y y e h m f G d e n r l r o a e d h h s o o a a o u m e a n z A Z a R T o r o Q c r A c a h b b h m a K S E u M B - o r r e L r u ak m G l z h l e H K K a a r y o a a K - B a t z z e o K h h n H o t t B M A A K a B r & u T s t t o l o & a s s & a r e a N S n h o h E a a h e W t s y m K i r u l S a i h g a h h o C K Rural Household Rural household general index (1395=100) stood at 146.8 in the month of Mehr of the year 1397, which increased by 8.3 percent compared to the previous month. In this month, the highest monthly inflation rate of the rural household goes to North Khorasan province with a 12.5 percent increase and the lowest monthly inflation rate belongs to Semnan province with a 5.3 percent increase. The percentage change of general index for the rural households is 35.3 percent compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (point to point inflation).