Tanzania's inflation slows in January due to food prices

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian inflation fell in January, helped by a slower rises in food prices, the statistics office said on Monday. The National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement inflation fell to 6.5 per cent year-on-year in January from 6.8 per cent a month earlier.

Prices increased by 0.7 per cent month-on-month in January from a 0.5 per cent rise in December 2015, the NBS said. It said food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation fell to 10.7 per cent in the year to January from 11.1 per cent in December 2015.