Leading Economic Indicators - November 2007

The Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) for November 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) increased by 1.4 per cent from 229.99 points in October 2007 to 233.28 points in November 2007. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 10.6 per cent in October 2007 to 11.8 per cent in November 2007. The Kenyan Shilling strengthened against all the major international currencies while depreciating against the Ugandan and Tanzanian Shillings at the end of November 2007. The benchmark 91-day Treasury bills rose from 7.30 per cent in August 2007 to 7.35 per cent in September 2007.