Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-August 2012
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CPI and Inflation Rates
August
2012
Overview
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation for August 2012. These numbers have been generated using data collected during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from selected retail outlets in 25 data collection zones located in 13 urban centers. The CPI decreased by 0.31 per cent from 131.92 in July 2012 to 131.51 in August 2012. The overall inflation rate stood at 6.09 per cent in August 2012.