Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to a 17-year high of 21.09% in October 2022, representing a 0.32% point increase from 20.77% recorded last month.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics report, food inflation also sharply rose to 23.72% in the Month under review from 23.34% in the prior month, while the core inflation rate jumped to 17.76% from 17.6% recorded in September 2022.
According to NBS the likely factors for the increase on a year-on-year basis are: Disruption in the supply of food products, an increase in the cost of importation due to the persistent currency depreciation and a general rise in the price of production such as increase in energy cost.
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