BREAKING: Nigeria’s headline inflation reaches 18.17% in March 2021; the highest in over four years
April 15, 2021454 views0 comments
Charles Abuede
Recent inflation numbers published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s headline inflation has climbed year on year for the nineteenth consecutive month to 18.17 per cent in March 2021, from 17.33 per cent since Nigeria last recorded a fall in inflation numbers at 11.02 per cent in August 2019, and reaching more than a 4-year high since January 2017 when the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 18.72 per cent. This indicates a 0.82 per cent points higher than the 17.33 per cent recorded in February 2021.
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