April 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's National Consumer Price
Index (NCPI) eased to 49.2% year-on-year in March,
after a 53.6% rise in February, the statistics department said
on Friday.
The NCPI captures broader retail price inflation and is
released with a lag of 21 days every month.
The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) ,
released at the end of each month, eased to 50.3% in March from
50.6% in February, data from the statistics department showed.
(Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru, editing by John
Stonestreet)
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