Tunisia - After five consecutive months of decline, inflation rose to 9.3% in August 2023, compared with 9.1% in July 2023 and 9.3% in June 2023, the National Statistics Institute (INS) announced on Tuesday. In terms of the contribution to inflation by scheme, the 'free food' and 'free non-food groups' groups were equally the largest contributors to inflation, at 4%. In August 2023, food prices were 15.3% higher than a year before. Core inflation fell slightly to 7.2%The core inflation (excluding food and energy) fell slightly to 7.2% from 7.3% in the previous month. Prices of unregulated food rose by 17.7%, compared to 2.1% for regulated food.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 06, 2023 09:58 UTC