The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.9 per cent, in January 2024. This means that in January 2024, the general price level was 6.9 per cent higher than that of January 2023. This was mainly driven by increases in prices of commodities under Transport (10.6%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Construction Input Price Indices (CIPI) for the fourth quarter of 2023. The CIPI comprises of the Construction Inflation, Overall Construction Cost Indices, Building Cost Indices and Civil Engineering Cost Indices as shown in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The indices are generated fro
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the fourth quarter 2023. The quarterly producer prices are denoted by the last month of the quarter and are collected as at the middle of the quarter. The fourth quarter year on year producer inflation was 10.49 per cent in December 2023 which was lower th
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The country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2023, compared to 4.3 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2022. This growth was mainly supported by a rebound in agricultural activities that had contracted in 2022.Read More
The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.6 per cent, in December 2023. This was mainly driven by increases in prices of commodities under Transport (11.7%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (8.3%); and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (7.7%) between December 2022 and December 202
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