Economics

Zimbabwe Inflation Slows for Third Straight Month in September

A vendor sells fresh fruit and vegetable at a market in Harare.

Photographer: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg
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Zimbabwe’s consumer inflation rate fell for a third straight month in September.

Prices climbed 17.7% from August, compared with 18.1% in the previous month, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. It’s the third consecutive month that price growth slowed after it reached 39.3% in June.