Headline Inflation, as measured by the change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100), which is compiled by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), increased to 3.4 per cent in July 2018 from 2.5 per cent in June 2018, on year-on-year basis, mainly driven by low base that prevailed in the previous year as well as the monthly increase in the prices of items in the Non-food category. The change in the NCPI measured on an annual average basis decreased from 5.3 per cent in June 2018 to 5.1 per cent in July 2018.