Local food inflation escalates: NSA

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 SEP (NAMPA) – Annual food inflation continued to increase at a faster pace in relation to the other items of the consumer basket during the second quarter of 2022, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Chief Executive Officer, Alex Shimuafeni revealed.
Shimuafeni, during the launch of the 2022 second quarter Gross Domestic Product report on Wednesday said food inflation increased by 6.6 per cent during the period under review compared to an increase of 7.1 per cent recorded in the same quar ...