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Tanzania's inflation rises to 5.5 pct in June

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tanzania's inflation rate rose to 5.5 percent in June from 5.2 percent recorded a month before, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday.

NBS Director of Population Census and Social Statistics, Ephraim Kwesigabo, said the inflation was pushed higher by rising food prices during the holy month of Ramadan.

He said annual inflation rate for food consumed at home and away from home increased to 8.3 percent in June from 7.2 percent registered in May.

Some food items that sent inflation higher included maize grains, cassava flour, fresh fish, clotted milk, green beans, and fresh cassava.

However, non-food items had also played its role in the rising of the inflation, said Kwesigabo, adding that dental services and diesel and petrol have contributed to the high inflation. Enditem