Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-April 2019
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Statistical Releases
CPI and Inflation Rates
April
2019
Overview
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price
Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for April 2019. These numbers were
generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household
consumption goods and services. The exercise was conducted during the
second and third weeks of the month, with prices being obtained from selected
retail outlets in 25 data collection zones in Nairobi and in 13 other urban
centers.
The CPI increased by 3.51 per cent from 198.91
in March 2019 to 205.90 in April 2019. The overall year on year inflation in
April 2019 stood at 6.58 per cent.