Bank of Botswana - Measures of Consumer Price Inflation in Botswana

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Measures of Consumer Price Inflation in Botswana

The three measures of consumer price inflation current used in Botswana are:

CPI	=	'headline' inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
CPIA	=	the measure of 'core inflation that excludes the impact of administered prices
CIPT	=	the 'trimmed mean' measure of 'core' inflation that excludes the impact of the most volatile pice movements

Latest News:

DCI down by 0.04 percent

Inflation falls further to 7.5 percent in April

BoBC Auction Results (May 15)

BoBC Auction Results (May 8)

Bank Rate maintained at 9.5 percent