The main Colombo Consumer Price Index rose to 170.0 points from 168.6 points recorded in December, the Census and Statistics Department said.
On a 12-month moving average, inflation for January rose to 8.1 percent as against 7.6 percent in December.
Sri Lanka inflation rises 9.8-pct in Jan 2013
January 31, 2013 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka rose to 9.8 percent in January 2013 from a year earlier accelerating from 9.2 percent a month earlier, official data showed. In January, the Sri Lanka's Central Bank said it aims to inflate the economy by about 7.0 percent in 2012 based on a monetary targeting framework where money supply and credit growth is taken into account.