The indicator for core inflation, excluding indirect tax effects, was 1.3% in April, increasing from 1% in the previous month. The indicator for demand-sensitive inflation, which excludes processed foods from core inflation, was 1.7%, accelerating from 1.5%; while the indicator for sticky price inflation, which includes items for which retail prices vary, on average, no more than 15% a month, was 1.8%, up from 1.7% in the previous month.
Headline inflation was 0.2% year-on-year in April, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said earlier today, as consumer prices rose year-on-year after a 0.2% year-on-year drop in March. Seasonally-adjusted twelve-month core inflation was 1.4%. Consumer prices were up 0.8% from March.
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