Leading Economic Indicators - September 2007

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for September 2007 is a monthly publication of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics that highlights trends in consumer price indices and inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, international trade, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, building and construction, tourism and transport. Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.1 per cent from 225.79 points in August 2007 to 228.16 points in September 2007. Month-on-month overall inflation rate decelerated from 12.4 per cent in August 2007 to 11.7 per cent in September 2007. The Shilling appreciated against the US Dollar and the Sterling Pound while weakening against the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the South Africa Rand in August 2007. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bills rose from 7.30 per cent in August 2007 to 7.35 per cent in September 2007.