Inflation

• Electricity tariff cut saves consumers from high inflation

  
  1 week ago
  A reduction in power tariffs helped cushion consumers from an increase in cost of living as the inflation rate edged up modestly to 5.58% in Nov.

• Central Bank offers borrowers relief from interest rate hikes

  
  1 week ago
  Decision to retain benchmark rate at 9pc follows dip in oil prices in the international market and fall in inflation rate in October.

• Tunisians hold biggest strike over low wages

  
  2 weeks ago
  Many institutions were shut and hospitals were on emergency staffing only in the nationwide walkout to protest governments refusal to raise wages.

• SA: Inflation high despite growth forecast

  
  2 weeks ago
  South Africa’s headline consumer inflation rose to 5.1 percent year-on-year in October, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday.

• Inflation down as food prices fall

  
  1 month ago
  (KNBS) report shows that consumer prices in the economy increased by 5.5 per cent in October compared with 5.7 per cent in the previous month.

• Kadogo economy: Firms reduce quantity, avoid price raise to stay afloat

  
  1 month ago
  Manufacturers find ways of dealing with increased cost of production

• CBK to lower monetary easing

  
  1 month ago
  Central Bank of Kenya moved to lower monetary easing due to rise in inflation occasioned by a recent implementation of eight percent value added tax.

• Nowhere to turn for Wanjiku as consumer prices jump by 5.7pc

  
  2 months ago
  Cost of living impacted by VAT imposed on fuel products.

• Inflation jumps to 5.70 percent in September

  
  2 months ago
  Kenya’s inflation rose in September, pushed higher by an increase in fuel, transport and food prices, the statistics office said on Friday.

• CBK retains lending rate at 9 percent, says inflation rate to climb

  
  2 months ago
  The Central Bank of Kenya’s Monetary Policy Committee has retained the Central Bank Rate at 9 percent.