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    Nigeria inflation declines by 0.02% – NBS report

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorMay 16, 2017No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr Yemi Kale Inflation Nigeria manufacturing
    Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr Yemi Kale
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    Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr Yemi Kale

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measure inflation declined by 0.02 per cent in April, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Tuesday.

    According to the NBS in its new report, the inflation rate, put at 17.24 percent, declined a little further from the 17.26 percent recorded in March .

    This represents the third consecutive month of a decline in the headline CPI rate, indicating some easing in high food and non-food prices.

    According to the report, the top items to have recorded the highest increases between April 2016 and 2017 across all the divisions were Solid Fuels, Bread and Cereals, Meat, Liquid Fuels, Clothing materials, other articles of clothing and clothing accessories, and Fish.

    Between March and April 2017, however, the headline index increased by 1.60 per cent in April 2017, 0.12 per cent points lower than the rate recorded in March.

    BELOW ARE A FEW TWEETS FROM Statistician-General, Dr Yemi Kale

    April 2017 Inflation report, Diesel, Kerosene, Gas, PMS, Transport & Food Prices reports will be published tomorrow 16 May 2017 at 10am pic.twitter.com/qi5GiIjhyd

    — Dr Yemi Kale (@sgyemikale) May 15, 2017

    10. Selected food prices in April 2017…Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger and Ogun pic.twitter.com/VqprAZa8m1

    — Dr Yemi Kale (@sgyemikale) May 16, 2017

    9. Selected food prices in April 2017…Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi and Kwara pic.twitter.com/WjEgbjYMXC

    — Dr Yemi Kale (@sgyemikale) May 16, 2017

    Similarly, between March and April 2017, the highest rise in prices were dominated by food items including coffee, tea and cocoa, potatoes, yam and tubers, bread and cereals, milk cheese and eggs and meat and fish.

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    The headline index, the report noted, is made up of the core index and farm produce items.

    Similarly, the urban index rose by 1.61 per cent in April from 1.76 percent recorded in March, while the rural index rose by 1.59 percent in April from 1.69 percent in March.

    The Composite Food Index rose by 19.30 per cent in April 2017.

    Meanwhile, the food sub-index increased by 2.04 per cent in April, down by 0.17 per cent points from 2.21 per cent recorded in March.

    The rise in the index was caused by increases in prices of bread, cereals, meat, fish, potatoes, yams and other tubers, coffee, tea and cocoa, milk cheese and eggs and oils and fats.

    The average annual rate of change of the Food sub-index for the twelve-month period ending in April 2017 over the previous twelve-month average was 17.11 percent, 0.51 percent points from the average annual rate of change recorded in March (16.60) percent.

    The ‘’All Items Less Farm Produce’’ or Core sub-index, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce eased by 14.80 percent during the month, 0.60 percent points from 15.40 percent recorded in March as all key divisions which contributes to the index increased.

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