Inflation edges northwards

Consumer inflation edged up to 4.6 percent year-on-year in August from 4.5 percent in July.

This means general prices increased by an average 4.6 percent in the 12 months to August 2014.

According to figures released by Statistics Botswana this week, the annual inflation in August 2014 was lower than the 5.6 percent recorded during the same month in 2013.

Editor's Comment
The Boko-led administration has to tread carefully

‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up