Tag: inflation rate
Bank of Ghana maintains policy rate at 14.5 per cent
The Bank of Ghana has kept the policy rate unchanged at 14.5 per cent, citing risks to inflation outlook following the recent jump in...
Namibia records lowest inflation rate in April
Namibia's annual inflation rate in April slowed to 1.6 percent from 4.5 percent recorded in April 2019, the government said Thursday.
According...
Zambia’s annual inflation rate increases to 15.7 percent
Zambia's year-on-year annual inflation rate increased to 15.7 percent in April from 14 percent in March, the country's statistics agency said on Thursday.
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Ghana’s March inflation rate stays put at 7.8 percent
Ghana's year-on-year inflation rate, which measures the average rate of increase in the prices consumers pay for their consumer goods and services remained at...
Ghana’s inflation rate for March closes flat at 7.8 percent
The year-on year inflation was unchanged at 7.8 percent in March, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday.
Announcing the rate via facebook, Government Statistician,...
Inflation rate closes flat at 7.8 percent in February
The year-on-year inflation rate was unchanged at 7.8 percent in February, the same rate as in January, 2020, the Ghana Statistical Service said on...
UK inflation rate rises to six-month high in January
Britain's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to six-month high of 1.8 percent in January, up from 1.3 percent in December 2019, the Office for...
Inflation Rate for January falls marginally to 7.8 percent
The Year-on-Year Inflation rate for January fell slightly to 7.8 percent from 7.9 percent recorded in December 2019.
The month-on-month inflation between December 2019 and...
Ghana’s inflation in January slows to 7.8 percent on stable local currency
The year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana slowed to 7.8 percent in January, compared with the 7.9 percent recorded last December, with the Ghana Statistical...
Tanzania records slight decrease in January 2020 headline inflation rate
Tanzania's headline inflation rate for January 2020 decreased to 3.7 percent from 3.8 percent recorded in December 2019, the country's state-run statistics watchdog said...
Kenya’s overall inflation rate increases to 5.82 pct in December
Kenya's overall inflation rate increased slightly to 5.82 percent in December from 5.56 percent in November due to a rise in the price of...
November inflation rises to 8.2 percent in Ghana
Ghana's year-on-year inflation rate for November increased by 0.5 percentage points to 8.2 percent, compared with the 7.7 percent recorded the previous month, the...
Ghana’s Inflation rate for October increases to 7.7 percent
The Year-on-year inflation rate for October increased slightly to 7.7 per cent, up by 0.1 percentage point from the 7.6 per cent recorded in...
Kenya’s overall inflation drops to 3.83 percent in September
Kenya's overall inflation rate dropped to 3.83 percent in September, down from 5 percent in August due to a decrease in the cost of...
Ghana’s inflation drops in August
The inflation rate for Ghana declined 1.6 percentage points to 7.8 percent in August compared with the 9.4 percent recorded in July, the Ghana...
Ghana April consumer inflation rises to 9.5 percent
Ghana's consumer inflation rate in April rose to 9.5 percent, compared with the 9.3 percent rate recorded in March.
According to the...
Inflation Rate Shot Up to 9.3% in March
The year-on-year inflation rate for March 2019 inched up to 9.3 per cent in March, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous rate of...
Consumer inflation rate inches up in Ghana in February
Ghana's consumer inflation rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 9.2 percent year-on-year in February, compared with the 9.0 percent year-on-year recorded a month...
Kenya’s overall inflation rate decreases to 4.14 percent in February
SKenya's overall inflation rate decreased to 4.14 percent in February from 4.7 percent in January, the statistics bureau said on Thursday.
The Kenya National Bureau...
Producer price inflation keeps sliding down all year round
The producer price inflation for industry keeps declining all year round from a record of 7.7 per cent in January 2018 to 3.4 per...
December Producer Price Inflation Went Down to 4.4 Percent
The Producer Price Inflation for December 2018 was 4.4 per cent, representing a 2.1 per cent decrease in producer inflation of 6.5 per cent...
Kenya’s overall inflation rate rises to 5.71 percent in December
Kenya's overall year-on-year inflation rate increased to 5.71 percent in December from 5.58 percent in November due to a general increase in demand for...
Kenya’s overall inflation rate increases to 5.58 percent in November
Kenya's overall inflation rate increased slightly to 5.58 percent in November from 5.53 percent in October due to an increase in the cost of...
Tanzania’s annual inflation rate drops to 3.8 pct in April
Tanzania's annual headline inflation rate in April 2018 dropped to 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent recorded in March, the east African nation's statistics watchdog...
Ghana recorded a fall in inflation rate for march
The year on year inflation rate for March 2018 fell slightly to 10.4 per cent compared with the 10.6 per cent recorded in February...
Gov’t committed to making Ghana financial services hub
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Tuesday, pledged the Government’s commitment to institute policies and programmes that would propel the country’s vision of becoming the...
Ghana gov’t to boost mortgage with land tittle registration
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says government would undertake digital registration of land titles next year to boost the mortgage market.
He said the current...
Higher petroleum, gold prices push up Ghana’s PPI to 8.2 percent in October
Higher cost of petroleum products and higher gold prices on the world market pushed up Ghana's Producer Price Index (PPI) in October to 8.2...
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops to 16 percent
Nigeria's inflation rate measured by the consumer price index dropped to 15.98 percent in September, down from 0.03 percentage points from August's 16.01 percent.
This...
Angola’s inflation rate rises more than 2 percent
Angola's inflation rate rose 2.14 percent between August and September, the National Statistics Institute of Angola (INE) announced Tuesday.
According to INE's monthly report on...