As price of food items are on the rise in the country the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 11.28 percent (year-on-year) during the same month.
This rise in the food index it said
was caused by increases in prices of Bread and cereals, Milk, cheese and egg, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits, Oil and fats, Potatoes, yam and other tubers.
On month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased by 0.90 percent in November 2018, up by 0.08 percent points from 0.82 percent recorded in October 2018.
Average annual rate of change of the Food sub-index for the twelve-month period ending November 2018 over the previous twelve-month average was 14.80 percent, 0.56 percent points lower from the average annual rate of change recorded in October (15.36) percent.
On CPI, NBS reported that the is 0.02 percent points higher than the rate recorded in October 2018 (11.26) percent.
“On month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 0.80 percent in November 2018, up by 0.006 percent points from the rate recorded in October 2018 (0.74) percent.
"Percentage change in the average composite CPI for..."
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