Mauritius Core Inflation Slowed in December, Agency Says

Mauritius’s so-called core inflation measure slowed in December, the national statistics agency said on its Web site today.

Core 1 inflation slowed to an annual 2.4 percent from 2.7 percent in November while Core 2 inflation slowed to 3.8 percent from 4.1 percent.

Core 1 excludes food, beverages and tobacco while core 2 excludes those goods as well as mortgage payments, energy prices and administered prices.