Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of April 2005

Abstract

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of April 2005, 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 the Kenyan urban households. The price data is collected in the second and third week of the month in the selected retail outlets in order to maintain consistency in price variations. Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 2.7 per cent from 178.6 points in March 2005 to 183.4 points in April 2005. The month-on-month overall inflation rate rose from 14.1 per cent in March 2005 to 16.0 per cent in April 2005. During the same period, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also rose from 7.3 per cent to 8.0 per cent.