Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-October 2018
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CPI and Inflation Rates
October
2018
Overview
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price
Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for October, 2018. These numbers were
generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household
consumption goods and services. The survey 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 decreased by 0.79 per cent from 194.14 in
September 2018 to 192.59 in October 2018. The overall year on year inflation
stood at 5.53 per cent in October 2018.