Inflation cools in line with BoB forecasts
Friday, November 17, 2017
Figures published by Statistics Botswana (SB) yesterday show that annual inflation rate in October 2017 was 3.0%, registering a drop of 0.2 of a percentage point on the September 2017 rate of 3.2%. At 3.0% consumer inflation is now at a ten-month low.
The BoB’s medium term objective is to have consumer inflation in the three to six percent range.
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