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CBE Reveals Reasons for Slowdown in Annual Inflation Rate


Wed 15 Nov 2023 | 11:40 PM
Taarek Refaat

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) revealed, during its monthly inflation analysis, that the monthly headline urban CPI inflation recorded 1% in October 2023 compared to 2.6% in the same month of the previous year and to 2% in September. 

Accordingly, the annual headline inflation rate recorded 35.8% in October 2023, compared to 38% in September 2023.

Monthly core CPI inflation, computed by the Central Bank of Egypt, recorded 1.8% in October 2023 compared to 3% in the same month of the previous year and to 1.1% in September.

Moreover, the annual core inflation rate recorded 38.1% in October 2023, compared to 39.7% in September 2023.