Leading Economic Indicators - October 2007

Abstract

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for October 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 0.8 per cent from 228.16 points in September 2007 to 229.99 points in October 2007. Month-on-month overall inflation rate decelerated from 11.7 per cent in September 2007 to 10.6 per cent in October 2007. The Shilling depreciated against the US Dollar, the Sterling Pound, the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the South Africa Rand in October 2007. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bills rose from 7.30 per cent in August 2007 to 7.35 per cent in September 2007.