The whole headline is wrong, not just because they're talking about a yearly increase not a monthly one. _Prices_ rose 8-9% YoY, not inflation. Inflation is by

The whole headline is wrong, not just because they're talking about a yearly increase not a monthly one. _Prices_ rose 8-9% YoY, not inflation. Inflation is by definition the increase in prices, so inflation was 8-9%.