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Congo’s inflation hit 11 per cent while the franc held: the September price signal
The BCC’s September digest put annual inflation near 11 per cent with the franc almost still. A Kinshasa fuel shortage and a second pump-price rise explain why transport and food costs moved first.
Congo’s 10 per cent inflation is really a cassava and fuel story in Kinshasa
Annual inflation reached 10.01 per cent in late August, with cassava up 4.4 per cent in three weeks and fuel costs rising, while the franc barely moved. Two baskets drive the rise.
Congo’s July price signal: inflation at 9.3 per cent, with fuel subsidies as the brake
Congo’s national retail index showed 9.35 per cent annual inflation on 24 July 2022, after the 7 July fuel increase. The IMF says subsidies are holding other prices back, at a growing budget cost.
Congo’s June price signal: 8.8 per cent annual inflation, with fuel setting the pace
Congo’s national retail index showed 8.8 per cent year-on-year inflation in the last week of June 2022, with fuel prices leading, and a policy rate of 7.5 per cent that is now negative in real terms.
Kinshasa’s inflation read 6.9 per cent in May, but meat, power and fares ran far hotter
The BCC’s weekly price index for Kinshasa shows 6.9 per cent annual inflation to 22 May, with food, housing energy and transport supplying over 90 per cent of it, and a pump-price rise on the way.
Congo’s inflation hit 7.2 per cent in April as meat and bread outran the index
The BCC’s 27 April 2022 digest put annual inflation at 7.20 per cent, up from 6.01 per cent in March, as Kinshasa’s meat index rose 8.2 per cent and bakers cut loaves and raised prices.
Food drove 63 per cent of Congo’s inflation as war lifted import prices
The BCC’s 30 March 2022 digest put Congo’s annual inflation at 6.01 per cent, with food contributing 63 per cent, while street prices in Bukavu moved faster than the official basket.
February’s Congo price check: food and household energy carried nearly all the pressure
BCC data for the week to 20 February 2022 show food at 68 per cent and household energy at 27 per cent of Kinshasa’s price pressure. Businesses should stock staples and fix fuel costs before the next shock.
Meat, power and phone bills ran ahead of Congo’s January price index
January’s BCC readings show weekly inflation near 0.15 per cent, but meat, cooking fuel and telecoms rose faster while cereals stayed flat. Retailers and lenders should read the mix, not just the headline.
Congo’s annual inflation eased in December while weekly price rises quickened
Kinshasa’s annual inflation slipped to 5.13 per cent in December 2021 while the weekly rate rose from 0.121 to 0.150 per cent. Meat, fuel and communications led the climb.
Congo’s 4% inflation hides a meat and energy squeeze in Kinshasa’s price index
Cumulative inflation reached 4.07 per cent in mid-November 2021, but meat and household energy rose several times faster in Kinshasa. A stable franc held import prices; it did not hold local ones.
Kinshasa’s meat prices rose 3.5 per cent in three weeks while most cities stood still
Kinshasa’s meat index rose 3.5 per cent in three weeks to 24 October while the general index moved 0.3 per cent and the franc barely shifted. A look at what the BCC data rules out and what to do.
Behind Congo’s 5.6 per cent inflation, tubers, greens and hospital bills keep climbing
The BCC’s late-September price tables put Kinshasa inflation at 5.6 per cent a year, yet cassava, vegetables and hospital services keep rising while bread and fuel stand still. A guide to the spread.
Congo’s inflation fell to 6% in August, but Kinshasa’s pump price has not moved in a year
Annual inflation reached 6.05 per cent on 20 August. A weaker comparison month explains much of the drop, while restaurants, health and an unchanged Kinshasa pump price carry the risk of a catch-up.