Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of October 2006

Abstract

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of October 2006, for your information and use. This data is generated through monthly data collection from retail outlets in 13 urban centres in Kenya . The data is perceived to be representative of the spending behaviour of Kenyan urban households. The price data is collected in the second and third week of the month of review in the selected retail outlets. This is in order to maintain consistency in price variations .

Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.9 per cent from 204.2 points in September 2006 to 208.0 points in October 2006. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 13.8 per cent in September 2006 to 15.7 per cent in October 2006. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also rose from 5.7 per cent to 6.0 per cent.