Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of October 2008

Abstract

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of October 2008, for your information and use. This data is generated through monthly data collection from retail outlets in 13 urban centers in Kenya and is perceived to represent the spending behaviour of Kenyan urban households. The prices are collected in the second and third weeks of the month of review in the selected retail outlets. This is in order to maintain consistency in the price variations. The CPI increased by 0.96 percent from 292.57 points in September 2008 to 295.38 points in October 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 28.2 percent in September 2008 to 28.4 percent in October 2008. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket decreased from 13.3 percent in September 2008 to 13.0 percent in October 2008.