Leading Economic Indicators - October 2009

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for October 2009 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. The CPI increased by 1.1 per cent from 341.19 points in August 2009 to 345.03 points in September 2009 while month-on-month overall inflation rate fell from 18.4 per cent in August 2009 to 17.9 per cent in September 2009. The Kenya Shilling had a mixed performance in September 2009 as it appreciated against the US Dollar, the Sterling Pound and the South African Rand while weakening against the Euro and the Japanese Yen. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bill maintained it stability in September by recording its average rate within the range of 7.22 – 7.55 per cent witnessed over the year.