Cost of living eases in September, KNBS figures indicate
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Reuters
| Sep 29, 2017
NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s inflation fell to 7.06 percent year-on-year in September, from 8.04 percent a month earlier, pushed by a fall in some food prices the statistics office said on Friday.
Month on month, inflation was -0.57 percent, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. Inflation for the food and non-Alcoholic beverages was -1.28 percent during the month. The category has a 36.04 percent weight in the goods used to calculate inflation
Kenya’s inflation fell to 7.06 percent year-on-year in September, from 8.04 percent a month earlier, pushed by a fall in some food prices the statistics office said on Friday.
Month on month, inflation was -0.57 percent, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. Inflation for the food and non-Alcoholic beverages was -1.28 percent during the month. The category has a 36.04 percent weight in the goods used to calculate inflation.
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