Federal finance and statistics / National Bureau of Statistics

CPI and Inflation Report March 2018

Consumer Price Index (CPI) March 2018 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 13.34 percent (year-on-year) in March 2018. This fourteenth consecutive disinflation since January 2017 is 0.99 percent points less than the rate recorded in February 2018 (14.33) percent. Increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yield the Headline Index. On a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 0.84 percent in March 2018, up by 0.05 percent points from the rate recorded in February. The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the twelve month peri…