Read audioNAIROBI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s inflation (ETCPIY=ECI) decreased in August compared with a month earlier, helped by a slower rise in food prices, data from the country’s statistics office showed on Monday. Consumer inflation fell to 32.5% year-on-year in August from 33.5% a month earlier, the Ethiopian Statistics Service said in a statement. Overall month-on-month inflation fell to 2.9% from 3.1% in July. The statistics office said food inflation dropped to 33.2% year-on-year from 35.5% in July, while non-food inflation rose to 31.5% from 30.4%. Reporting by George Obulutsa Editing by James Macharia ChegeLike this: Like Loading...

Source: Ethiopian News September 13, 2022 00:36 UTC