Sri Lanka, Aug. 4 -- Deflationary conditions eased for the fifth consecutive month in July 2025, with the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100)1 recording a milder headline deflation of 0.3%, compared to the deflation of 0.6% in June 2025.

Food inflation (Y-o-Y) moderated further to 1.5% in July 2025 from 4.3% recorded in June 2025, while Non-Food deflation (Y-o-Y) continued to ease, recording 1.2% in July 2025 compared to 2.8% in June 2025. On a month-on-month basis, the CCPI decreased by 0.23% in July 2025, for which the Food category contributed -0.86 percentage points and the Non-Food category contributed 0.63 percentage points.

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