Botswana September Consumer Prices: Summary
By Ainhoa Goyeneche -
2011-10-14T09:05:55Z
Following is a summary of Botswana’s September CPI report from the Central Statistics Office in Gaborone:
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Sept. Aug. July June May April March Feb.
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------- Annual Changes % -------------------
Total CPI 8.6% 8.7% 7.8% 7.9% 8.3% 8.2% 8.5% 8.5%
Food 7.7% 7.1% 6.8% 6.7% 6.3% 6.5% 5.3% 5.3%
Alcohol and Tobacco 7.4% 8.3% 8.3% 8.2% 8.3% 8.3% 11.0% 10.8%
Clothing and Footwear 8.6% 9.3% 9.4% 9.6% 9.6% 9.3% 8.1% 9.0%
Housing 9.6% 8.9% 8.6% 8.5% 4.4% 7.6% 8.0% 7.8%
Furniture 9.8% 8.6% 8.3% 8.6% 8.7% 8.2% 8.6% 8.9%
Health 4.4% 4.3% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 4.5% 3.0% 2.9%
Transport 13.1% 14.7% 10.1% 10.1% 15.5% 12.6% 13.6% 13.6%
Communication -5.4% -5.4% -5.4% -5.4% -4.4% 1.0% 1.9% 1.9%
Rec. and Culture 7.5% 7.7% 7.7% 11.6% 11.4% 11.1% 6.9% 6.6%
Education 10.5% 10.5% 10.5% 10.5% 10.5% 10.6% 10.6% 10.6%
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Sept. Aug. July June May April March Feb.
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------- Annual Changes % -------------------
Rest. and Hotels 9.3% 9.7% 10.1% 10.0% 9.1% 7.9% 9.7% 10.5%
Other 4.5% 4.7% 4.7% 4.8% 5.3% 5.2% 6.8% 7.0%
----------------- Monthly Changes % --------------------
Total CPI 0.4% 1.0% 0.3% 0.9% 1.1% 1.5% 0.7% 0.8%
Food 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.5% 0.9% 2.4% 0.9% 0.6%
Alcohol and Tobacco 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 0.3%
Clothing and Footwear 0.5% 0.5% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1.9% 0.5% 0.3%
Housing 0.8% 0.5% 0.4% 4.4% 0.5% 0.2% 1.2% 0.2%
Furniture 1.7% 0.6% 0.4% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1.2% 0.4%
Health 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 3.0% 0.2% 0.1%
Transport 0.1% 3.7% 0.1% 0.4% 2.7% 0.9% 0.1% 2.8%
Communication 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Rec. and Culture 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 4.1% 0.8% 0.4%
Education 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Rest. and Hotels 0.4% 0.2% 0.5% 1.8% 2.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.1%
Other 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 2.4% 0.2% 0.0%
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Sept. Aug. July June May April March Feb.
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------- Index Level ----------------------
Total Index 151.4 150.8 149.3 149.0 147.6 146.0 143.8 142.9
Food 168.8 167.9 167.0 166.6 165.8 164.4 160.5 159.1
Alcohol and Tobacco 192.4 192.4 192.2 191.9 191.3 188.5 186.0 183.9
Clothing and Footwear 135.8 135.1 134.4 133.1 132.1 131.0 128.5 127.9
Housing 140.0 138.9 138.2 137.6 131.8 131.1 130.9 129.4
Furniture 152.9 150.4 149.5 148.9 146.7 145.3 144.6 142.9
Health 133.9 133.7 133.6 133.6 133.3 133.0 129.1 128.8
Transport 148.8 148.7 143.4 143.3 142.8 139.0 137.7 137.5
Communication 91.2 91.2 91.2 91.2 91.2 96.4 96.4 96.4
Rec. and Culture 124.8 124.7 124.5 124.4 124.1 123.4 118.5 117.6
Education 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2
Rest. and Hotels 184.5 183.7 183.4 182.5 179.3 175.5 173.7 172.9
Other 126.9 126.8 126.7 126.6 126.1 125.7 122.8 122.6
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NOTE: Base Sept. 2006 = 100
SOURCE: Central Statistics Office Botswana
To contact the reporter on this story: Ainhoa Goyeneche in Madrid at agoyenechecu@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Marco Babic at mbabic@bloomberg.net
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