Inflation rate for December 2019 dropped to 7.9%, according to figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service Today Wednesday, 8 January 2020.
This is 3% points lower than the 8.2% recorded in November 2019.
The reduction in the year-on-year inflation rate was due to a decrease in the price levels of vegetables and fish.
Month-on-month inflation between November 2019 and December 2019 was 3%.
Food inflation registered an inflation rate of 7.2% in December 2019. It was 1.2% lower than the previous month’s.
Non-food inflation was, however, 8.5%, up from the 8.0% recorded in November 2019.
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco & narcotics (13.5%), transport (11.0%), and housing (10.5%) were the divisions with the highest rates of inflation.
Inflation for imported goods was, 6.1%, while the inflation of local goods was 8.7% on average. This is the highest rate for local inflation and the lowest rate of inflation for imported goods since August 2019.
The Ashanti Region recorded the lowest year-on-year inflation rate of 5.0 per cent while the Greater Accra Region recorded the highest rate of inflation of 12.0%.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Maame Nyarkoa