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Upper East Region records 2nd highest overall inflation for Northern Ghana

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The Upper East Region has recorded the overall second highest inflation for the month of October, 2022. This is according to the Ghana Statistical Service’s Consumer Price Index for October 2022.

The Region recorded an overall inflation rate of 33.6 percent. The North East Region followed closely with an inflation rate of 33.1 percent. The Northern Region was fourth among the 5 regions of the north with an inflation rate of 27.3 percent while the Upper West Region recorded an inflation rate of 27 percent for the month of October.

The region with the highest overall highest inflation rate in northern Ghana was the Savannah Region with a rate of 47.6 percent.

For food inflation, Savannah Region topped with 49.7 percent while the Upper West Region followed with a rate of 44.4 percent. The North East Region came in close third with a rate of 36.6 percent. The Upper East Region and the Northern Region recorded food inflation rates of 34.9 percent and 28.2 percent respectively.

32.9 percent was the inflation rate for the non-food basket for the Upper East Region.

Meanwhile, Ghana’s year-on-year inflation rose to 40.4 per cent in October from 37.2 per cent in September, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages contributed 47 per cent to the 40.4 per cent inflation.

Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ

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