Inflation quickens to 13-month high

The annual inflation rate in January 2017 quickened to 3.1%, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point on the December 2016 rate of 3.0%.

This is the highest inflation rate in 13 months as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was last above three percent in December 2015.

Figures released by Statistics Botswana show that the inflation rates for regions between December 2016 and January 2017 indicated that Cities & Towns went up to 3.1% from 2.8%, urban villages’ decreased to 2.8% from 3.0%, and rural villages’ increased to 3.6% from 3.5%.

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