Leading Economic Indicators - March 2008

Abstract

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for March 2008 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 2.7 per cent from 274.49 points in March 2008 to 281.88 points in April 2008. Month-on-month overall inflation rate increased from 21.8 per cent in March 2008 to 26.6 per cent in April 2008. The Kenyan Shilling depreciated against the Tanzanian and the Ugandan Shillings during the same period. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bill declined marginally from 7.28 per cent in February 2008 to 6.89 per cent in March 2008.