{"id":276899,"date":"2016-12-14T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=276899"},"modified":"2016-12-14T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:00:36","slug":"inflation-drops-to-15-5-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/inflation-drops-to-15-5-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation drops to 15.5% in November"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghana\u2019s inflation for November 2016 reached 15.5 percent.<\/p>\n

This represents a 0.3 percent down from the 15.8 percent recorded in October this year.<\/p>\n

According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the monthly change rate in inflation for November also declined from 1.4 to 0.8 percent between October and November this year.<\/p>\n

The figure is also the lowest in the last twelve months.<\/p>\n

The food and non-alcoholic beverages group recorded an inflation of 9.3 percent in November.<\/p>\n

While inflation for the non-food group reached 18.7 percent.<\/p>\n

Acting Government Statistician, Baah Wadieh attributed the marginal decline in inflation to the drop in prices of some major components of inflation.<\/p>\n

Mineral water, soft drinks, fruits (14.1%); beverages (14%); fish and sea food (13.4%); meat and meat products (13.3%) as well as sugar, jam, honey and chocolates (12.5%), all recorded inflation above the sector\u2019s average of 9.3 percent.<\/p>\n

Also, transport (27.8%), education(25.7%), recreation and culture (21%), furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance (20.3%), housing, water, electricity, gas (20.3%) and health (20.0%), recorded inflation above the non-food average of 18.7 percent.<\/p>\n

The Greater Accra region\u2019s 18.1 percent was the highest inflation above the national average; followed by the Ashanti region\u2019s 15.8 percent.<\/p>\n

But the Volta region recorded the lowest inflation of 13.1 percent.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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