Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of January 2007

Abstract

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of January 2007, 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 3.1 per cent from 214.1 points in December 2006 to 220.7 points in January 2007. Month-on-month overall inflation rate decelerated from 15.6 per cent in December 2006 to 9.7 per cent in January 2007. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket increased to 6.4 per cent in January 2007 from 5.9 per cent in December 2006.