Summary of the top business, economic and political news in Nigeria today.   The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has...

This article is written to help explain the confusion that arises with the characterization of inflation rate as a rise of fall. Whenever the...

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose by 16.1% for the month of June 2017 compared to 16.5% in the month of May 2017. This is the...

This data includes inflation rate for every month from January...

The National Bureau of Statistics reported earlier in the week that the inflation rate for May was 16.25%. This is the lowest inflation rate...

Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele speaking at a hearing organized by the Senate, said the CBN was targeting 11% inflation rate by year end....

Nairametrics| Ghana’s central bank has cut interest rates by 2%, the biggest rate cut in five years. Interest rate is now 23.5% from 25.5%....

Nairametrics| The National Bureau of Statistics released its 2016 February consumer price index confirming inflation rate for the month of February was 17.78%. This was...

Nairametrics| The National Bureau of Statistics has released its 2017 February Consumer Price Index revealing that Nigeria’s inflation rate increased by 17.78 percent for...

Nairametrics| I’m sure by now if you are a regular visitor to Nairametrics, you know we love treasury bills. We’ve had a special affection...

The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday revealed Nigeria’s inflation rate for the month of December 2016 was 18.55% (November 2016 18.48%). This is...

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The Consumer Price Index reports released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that inflation in Nigeria rose from 9.62% in January...

Bad news we have been waiting...

Analysts are betting that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will cling to the interest rate despite  a surge in inflation fueled by an...

Breakdown of inflation rate for the month of August...

These prices are starkly familiar...

  Month CPI Urban Rural Jan 14.29 15.90 13.95 Feb 14.38 17.80 13.69 Mar 13.55 15.71 13.10 Apr 11.58 14.93 10.92 May 11.36 13.28...

  Month CPI Urban Rural Jan 22.39 23.55 22.13 Feb 24.85 26.38 24.47 Mar 22.46 31.08 18.97 Apr 17.54 23.93 15.01 May 19.78 22.82...

  Month CPI Urban Rural Jan 9.84 13.99 8.05 Feb 10.94 14.42 9.41 Mar 16.27 13.32 17.67 Apr 17.93 16.49 18.59 May 16.82 19.57...

  Month CPI Urban Rural Jan 10.71 12.64 9.82 Feb 10.84 15.48 8.73 Mar 12.04 14.76 10.79 Apr 12.56 13.85 11.98 May 10.55 10.21...

  Month CPI Urban Rural January 12.63 16.40 9.70 February 11.87 13.10 10.90 March 12.11 13.70 11.00 April 12.87 13.40 12.50 May 12.69 14.10...

  Month CPI Urban Rural Jan 9.03 9.22 9.10 Feb 9.54 9.85 9.50 Mar 8.59 9.25 8.10 Apr 9.05 9.66 8.90 May 8.96 9.40...

The National Bureau of Statistics has reported that Inflation Rate for the month of December was 9.55% (9.37% in November). This is the highest...

Nigeria’s inflation rate for the month of November is 9.37% according to the latest release from the National Bureau of Statistics. This compares to...

The National Bureau of Statistics has released its September Inflation report showing inflation rate rose marginally by a 100 basis point to 9.4%. It...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) just released the following inflation date In March, the  Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation rose by...

  Year All Items less Farm Produce (Year on change %) 2015 Jan 6.65 Feb 7.17 Mar 6.84 Apr 7.51 May 7.69 Jun 8.12...

Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose for the fourth straight month in June to hit 8.2%, a 10-month high, driven by higher food prices, the statistics...

Reuters reports; Ghana’s annual consumer price inflation rose to a four-year high of 15% in June from 14.8% in May, the West African nation’s...