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Sri Lanka inflation 1.6-pct in February 2026, food prices fall
Price fall in vegetables helps ease February inflation
Summary
Food inflation saw a sharp slowdown during the month. On a Y-o-Y basis, food inflation eased significantly to 0.2% in February from 3.3% in January. Core inflation (Y-o-Y) declined to 2.1% in February from 2.3% in January.
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Organisations
- CCPI3
- Colombo Consumer Price Index2
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka2
- Non-Food2
- Food2
- Department of Census and Statistics
- Colombo/February 28/2026
- Colombo Consumer Price
Places
- Price
Keywords
- inflation3
- headline2
- january2
- accelerated
- decelerated
- percentage
- vegetables
- sharply
- basis
- drops
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