Ghana: Increasing Food Prices Drive Inflation to 21.5 Percent in September

The country’s year-on-year inflation rose to 21.5 per cent in September from 20.4 per cent in August, driven by the surge in the price food.

This represents an increase of 1.1 percentage points and a month-on-month change rate of 2.8 per cent.

This is the first time in six months that inflation has gone up after it climbed from 23.2 per cent February to 25.8 per cent in March.

The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel K. Annim, who disclosed this in Accra yesterday said the September inflation…