Kenya's inflation edges up to 2.8% year on year in November

November 29, 2024 7:34 AM EST

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Nairobi Expressway along Waiyaki Highway in Nairobi, Kenya February 18, 2022. The expressway is undertaken by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/F

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's inflation edged up to 2.8% year-on-year in November, from 2.7% a month earlier, the statistics office said on Friday.

On a monthly basis, inflation was 0.3% compared with 0.2% in October, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.

Kenya targets an inflation rate of between 2.5% and 7.5% in the medium term.

The central bank is due to announce its latest benchmark lending rate decision on Dec. 5. In October, the bank cut its rate to 12.00% from 12.75%.

(Reporting by Hereward Holland; Editing by David Goodman and Kevin Liffey)



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