This is due to price increases in 10 out of 11 groups of goods and services.
The traffic group saw the highest increase of 1.55%, of which the petrol prices increased by 3.45%. The overall CPI increased by 0.14%. This is followed by the increase of 0.58% in the education group.
Housing and construction materials rose 0.31% this month, while food and service prices rose 0.22%.