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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
OCTOBER 2017
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average price changes in a fixed basket of consumption goods and services commonly purchased by the National and
non-National households over time. It is commonly used as a measure of consumer price inflation.
The weighting pattern for the 2014 -based CPI was derived from the expenditure values collected in the Household Expenditure Survey (HES), which was conducted, from June 2014 to May 2015
The report recorded a slight rise in the general index of October 2017 by 0.97% compared to September 2017
Percentage change 0.69%
0.73%
0.97 %
Transportation
0.90%
DIVISION
CPI and Percentage Change % OCTOBER 2017/
OCTOBER 2016
OCTOBER 2016
SEPTEMBER 2017
OCTOBER 2017 OCTOBER 2017/
SEPTEMBER 2017
ALL ITEMS 2.09 0.97 106.42 107.60 108.64
Food and beverages 2.40 0.73 102.77 104.47 105.23
Tobacco 70.16 72.51 103.99 102.57 176.95
Textiles, clothing and footwear 0.54 4.12 102.78 99.24 103.33
Housing 0.55 0.69 113.09 112.94 113.72
Furniture and household goods 1.67 0.42 101.86 103.13 103.57
Medical care 0.38 0.00 105.69 106.08 106.08
Transportation 5.72 0.90 98.51 103.21 104.14
Communications -0.51 0.05 98.13 97.58 97.62
Recreation and culture -10.77 1.74 105.69 92.69 94.31
Education 3.60 1.12 111.34 114.07 115.35
Restaurants and hotels 0.45 0.90 106.52 106.05 107.00
Miscellaneous goods and services 8.66 -0.48 104.49 114.08 113.54
The prices of housing, water, electricity and gas has increased in October 2017 compared to the previous month.
A slight rise in food and beverages group by 0.73% is attributed to increase in energy and soft drinks prices during October 2017.
Rise in fuel prices was the main factor in pushing the prices of the transportation group up.
