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Food inflation – while expansionary – also edged down to 1.5% in January, from 1.6% in the month before. This comes as the prices of non-cooked food and restaurant meals had risen at a more moderate pace. Price increments were seen across the other segments reflected in the CPI computation. The biggest jump was seen in private transport inflation which rose to 1.9%, from 1.2% in December. This is due to a larger increase in car prices as well as a more modest fall in petrol prices.