{
  "id": 17220847,
  "title": "Sri Lanka's key inflation index up 8.3% year-on-year in October",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/sri-lankas-key-inflation-index-up-8-3-year-on-year-in-october",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:11:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40446687/sri-lankas-key-inflation-index-up-83-year-on-year-in-october"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lanka’s Colombo Consumer Price Index rose 8.3% year-on-year in October, after an 8% rise last month, the Statistics Department said on Friday. The index, a leading indicator for broader national prices, tracks inflation in Sri Lanka’s capital. Food inflation rose to 8.8% in October, from 8.7% year-on-year last month The non-food category was 8%, compared with 7.7% last month, the latest data…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}