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

Abstract

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of August 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 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) decreased by 0.5 per cent from 181.1 points in July 2005 to 180.2 points in August 2005. Month-on-month overall inflation rate declined from 11.8 per cent in July 2005 to 6.9 per cent in August 2005. During the same period, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also decreased from 8.3 per cent to 6.7 per cent.