The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 8.0 per cent, in May 2023. As presented in Tables 1 and 2, the increase in inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (10.2%); and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (9.7%); and Transp
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In 2022, the economy sustained the growth momentum that started in 2021, after the recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that had significantly slowed down economic activity. However, the magnitude of growth was somewhat subdued by suppressed agricultural production, owing to adverse weather conditions during the year. The real Gros
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.9 per cent, in April 2023. As presented in Tables 1 and 2, the increase in inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (10.1%); and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (9.6%); and Tran
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 9.2 per cent, in March 2023. As presented in Tables 1 and 2, the rise in inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under food and non-alcoholic beverages (13.4%); and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (7.5%); and transpor
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 9.2 per cent, in February 2023. As presented in Tables 1 and 2, the rise in inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under food and non-alcoholic beverages (13.3%); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (7.6%); and transport
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