UPDATE 1-Sri Lanka's inflation index up 8% year-on-year in August on higher food prices

(Adds background and analyst comment from paragraph 3) Aug 31 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's Colombo Consumer Price Index rose 8% year-on-year in August, after a 7.3% rise last month, the Statistics

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