Zambia's inflation eases to 6.6% in May on lower food prices

WIRE — ZAMBIA's annual inflation rate slowed to 6.6% in May, down from 6.8% in April, the Zambia Statistics Agency said Thursday. Statistician-General Sheila Mudenda said the decline was driven mainly by lower prices for breakfast mealie meal, roller mealie meal, maize grain and imported rice. Food inflation eased to 6.9% in May from 7.3% the previous The post Zambia's inflation eases to 6.6% in May on lower food prices first appeared on Mwebantu.

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