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The annual (year-on-year) inflation rate for September 2015 was 17.4%. This means that the change in the general was 17.4% over the one year period, from September 2014 to September 2015. The year-on-year inflation rate for August 2015 was 17.3%.
Monthly Change (month-on-month)
CPI for July – September 2015
Food and Non-food Inflation rate
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The rate of inflation has two main components;Food inflation and Non-food inflation
The food inflation rate for September 2015 was 7.8% (compared with 7.7% recorded in August 2015).
The non-food inflation rate for September 2015 was 23.2% (compared with 23.4% recorded in August 2015).
The non-food inflation rate (23.2%) is about three times the food inflation rate (7.8%)
Inflation Rate for Imported and Locally Produced Items
•The inflation rate for imported items was 17.4% in September 2015 (compared with 18.1% recorded in August 2015).
•The inflation rate for locally produced items was 17.3% in September 2015 (compared with 17.0% recorded in August 2015).