Monthly Inflation, April 2022 (%)

Overall monthly inflation for April, 2022 was recorded at 0.7 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from 0.8 percent the previous month. This decrease was mainly attributed to price fall in Purchase of Motor Vehicles.

Monthly Inflation Rates for Food and Non-Food Items, April 2021 – April 2022

The monthly food inflation rate for April 2022 was recorded at 1.1 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from 0.9 percent in March 2022. This outturn was mainly attributed to an increase in food inflation of items such as Fruits (Oranges, apples, Avocadoes, Pawpaw, Groundnuts); Vegetables (Rape, Pumpkin leaves, Sweet potato leaves, Cabbage, tomatoes); Cooking oil, and; Sugar.

The monthly non-food inflation for April 2022 was recorded at 0.1 percent from 0.6 percent in March, 2022. This development was mainly attributed to the general decrease in prices of some items which included

Footwear (Men’s leather shoes. Sports shoes, Ladies leather shoes, Tropicals), Purchase of vehicles (Toyota hilux, Toyota corolla, Nissan Almera, Nissan Pick hardbody.

Table 5: Overall Monthly Inflation Rate for Food and Non -Food Items, Apr 2021 – Apr 2022(%)

	Weight:	Apr- 2021	May 2021	June- 2021	July- 2021	Aug- 2021	Sep- 2021	Oct- 2021	Nov- 2021	Dec- 2021	Jan- 2022	Feb- 2022	Mar- 2022	Apr-2022
Total	1,000.00	2.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.4	-0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.6	1.7	0.8	0.7
Food	534.85	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.2	0.9	-0.8	0.4	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.9	0.9	1.1
Non-Food	465.15	2.1	1.4	1.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.9	1.5	0.6	0.1