{"id":75398,"date":"2020-08-17T16:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75398"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:10:34","slug":"inflation-in-nigeria-hits-12-82-percent-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/inflation-in-nigeria-hits-12-82-percent-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Inflation In Nigeria Hits 12.82 Percent In July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hard times hit Nigerians as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says<br \/>\ninflation rose by 12.82 percent in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Bureau in its \u201cConsumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation<br \/>\nReport July 2020,\u201d the increase is 0.26 percent points higher than the<br \/>\nrate recorded in June 2020 (12.56) percent.<\/p>\n<p>NBS said in the period under review, increases were recorded in all<br \/>\nClassification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) divisions<br \/>\nthat yielded the headline index.<\/p>\n<p>The report said on a month-on-month basis, the headline index increased<br \/>\nby 1.25 percent in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This, said the NBS, is 0.04 percent rate higher than the rate recorded<br \/>\nin June 2020 (1.21) percent.<\/p>\n<p>The corresponding twelve-month year-on-year average percentage change<br \/>\nfor the urban index was 12.66 percent in July 2020, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The report said this is higher than 12.50 percent reported in June 2020,<br \/>\nwhile the corresponding rural inflation rate in July 2020 is 11.49<br \/>\npercent compared to 11.36 percent recorded in June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau said the urban inflation rate increased by 13.40 percent<br \/>\n(year-on-year) in July 2020 from 13.18 percent recorded in June 2020,<br \/>\nwhile the rural inflation rate increased by 12.28 percent in July 2020<br \/>\nfrom 11.99 percent in June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On a month-on-month basis, the report said, the urban index rose by 1.27<br \/>\npercent in July 2020, up by 0.04 from 1.23 percent recorded in June<br \/>\n2020, while the rural index also rose by 1.23 percent in July 2020, up<br \/>\nby 0.04 from the rate recorded in June 2020 (1.19) percent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard times hit Nigerians as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says inflation rose by 12.82 percent in July 2020. 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