Leading Economic Indicators - May 2007

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for May 2007 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) declined marginally by 0.3 per cent from 222.6 points in April 2007 to 221.8 points in May 2007. However, month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 5.7 per cent in April 2007 to 6.3 per cent in May 2007. The Kenyan Shilling appreciated against the US Dollar and Japanese Yen while depreciating against the other major international currencies in April 2007 compared to March 2007.