Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-August 2019
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Statistical Releases
CPI and Inflation Rates
August
2019
Overview
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the monthly Consumer
Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for August, 2019. These numbers
have been generated from a survey of retail prices of a predetermined stable
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, 12 in Nairobi
and 13 in other urban centers.
The CPI decreased by 0.90 per cent from 203.61
in July 2019 to 201.78 in August 2019. The overall year on year inflation in
August 2019 stood at 5.00 per cent.