The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 17.33 percent (year-on-year) in February 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

The NBS in its CPI and Inflation Report March 2021, stated that the rate is 0.86 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in January 2021 (16.47) percent.

Increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yielded the Headline index.

February 2021 CPI/Inflation report published

YEAR on YEAR:

Headline Inflation at 17.33% in Feb 2021 from 16.47% in Jan 2021

Food inflation at 21.79% in Feb 2021 from 20.57% in Jan 2021

Core Inflation at 12.38% in Feb 2021 from 11.85% in Jan 2021

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