Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates for April 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for April, 2018. These numbers were generated by conducting a survey of retail prices for a basket of household consumption goods and services, during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from
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Economic Survey 2018 Launched

Kenya’s economy is estimated to have expanded by 4.9 per cent in 2017 compared to a revised growth of 5.9 per cent in 2016. The slowdown in the performance of the economy was partly attributable to uncertainty associated with a prolonged electioneering period coupled with adverse effects of weather conditions. Generally, key macroeconomic ind
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Producer Price Index First Quarter 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the first quarter of 2018. Producer Price Index measures the gross changes in the trading price of products on the domestic and non-domestic markets, at all stages of processing.

The price changes are measured from the perspective of the producer. The p
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CAUTION AGAINST FAKE KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2019 JOB ADVERTISEMENT

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) would like to bring to the attention of the public that it has not placed any job advertisements for the 2019 Census 2019, as is being purported through social media.

We wish to notify the public that all our recruitments are coordinated fro
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CPI and rates of inflation for March 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for March, 2018. These numbers were generated by conducting a survey of retail prices for a basket of household consumption goods and services, during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from
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