Wednesday July 1, 07:44 AM
TABLE-Kenya June headline inflation rate slips to 17.8 pct
NAIROBI, July 1 (Reuters) - Kenya's headline inflation rate
slid to 17.8 percent in June compared with 19.5 percent in May,
official data showed on Wednesday.
Following is a breakdown of the CPI (NYSE: CPY - news) data:
BROAD ITEM GROUP WEIGHT % CHANGE % CHANGE
VS MAY 09 VS JUNE 08
Food and Non-alcoholic drinks 50.50 - 2.6 23.4
Alcohol & Tobacco 2.97 0.6 8.6
Clothing & Footwear 9.00 0.3 5.1
Housing Costs 11.74 0.1 9.5
Fuel & Power 4.18 0.0 -2.6
Household Goods & Services 5.82 0.3 9.5
Medical Goods & Services 1.59 0.6 15.3
Transport & Communication 5.75 0.0 1.6
Recreation & Education 6.02 0.5 6.1
Personal Goods 2.45 0.6 11.5
AVERAGE ALL GROUPS 100.00 -1.8 17.8
Keywords: KENYA INFLATION/
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