Sri Lanka, May 22 -- The consumer prices measured nationally continued to fall through April 2025, albeit at a much slower pace than in the prior months, as the food prices climbed during April, although the cut to the petrol prices took away the much of those price pressures.

Inflation, measured by the National Consumer Price Index, fell 0.8 percent in the year through April 2025, decelerating from the 1.9 percent decline seen through March 2025.

The prices measured monthly rose by 0.2 percent in April, after falling 0.1 percent in March, again as a result of the higher food prices.

The Central Bank last week said the current stretch of deflation would come to an end in a month or two the most, before the prices start rising and reac...