Inflation drops to 4.5 pc in September

HEADLINE inflation slightly dropped by four percentage point to 4.5 per cent in September from 4.9 per cent of August.

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) attributed inflation drop in September to the “ongoing reduction of food prices and gasoline.”

According to GlobalPetrolPrices.com, diesel average prices in the country were 1,745/93 between 27 June 2016 and 03 October 2016. While the global diesel average in the same period was 2,294/17.