Leading Economic Indicators - November 2009

Abstract

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for November 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. Over the years, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has been releasing the CPI and inflation figures based on arithmetic mean computation method. The Kenya Shilling recorded mixed performance in October 2009 depreciating against the US Dollar, the Sterling Pound, Euro and the South African Rand while strengthening against the Japanese Yen. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bill maintained it stability in October by recording average rate within the range of 7.22 – 7.55 per cent observed over the year.