Sri Lanka, April 22 -- The national consumer prices continued to fall, albeit at a lesser pace in March, on the back of the decline in food prices as well as the slippage in non-food prices, ahead of the traditional new year.

The consumer prices measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) fell 1.9 percent in the 12 months through March 2025, slowing from the 3.9 percent decline seen through February.

Meanwhile, the national prices fell 0.1 percent on a monthly basis, at the same pace the prices fell in February over January levels.

March marks the seventh consecutive month in a row the consumer prices have declined.

However, the prices could start rising modestly in a month or two, before converging to the Central Bank's 5.0 ...