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Figure 3: Movement of Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) and General Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Brunei
Darussalam over time (Base 2015=100), period January, 2000 - December, 2023

Note: Calculation by the author
Source: FAOSTAT, https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CP (accessed in August, 2024)

Figure 4: shows the movement of year-on-year inflation rates in the CFPI and General CPI over time. The CFPI inflation
rate (base 2015=100) is correlated to that of the General CPI (base 2015=100). During the following periods, the year-
on-year inflation in CFPI exceeded the inflation in General CPI (year-on-year):

Figure 4: Movement of inflation rates in CFPI and General CPI for Brunei over time (Base 2015=100), period
January, 2001 - December, 2023

Note: Calculation by the author
Source: FAOSTAT (accessed in August, 2024)

10 THE CHALLENGE OF FOOD INFLATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA