LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s inflation rate accelerated to 21.8 percent year-on-year in January from 21.1 percent in December, the Central Statistical Office said on Thursday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!“This was due to increases in the prices of food and non-food items,” Central Statistical Office director John Kalumbi said.
Monthly inflation slowed, falling to 1.3 percent in January from 2.1 percent in the previous month, the agency said.
