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Monday, January 29, 2018

Firm sees inflation averaging 9% in 2018 | The Times Group

Firm sees inflation averaging 9% in 2018 | The Times Group:



Firm sees inflation averaging 9% in 2018

Posted By: Taonga Sabola on: January 29, 2018 In: Business No Comments

Investment management and advisory firm, Alliance Capital, nas predicted that inflation would

average nine percent in 2018 despite a double threat ot tall armyworms and dry spell which have

attected maize production, threatening the lives of 850,000 households.

Food remains the biggest contributor to the Consumer Price Index witn a weighing ot 50.2

percent

The nine percent average inflation could be 2.5 percentage points better than the 11.5 percent

recorded in 2017.

In its Economic Repon for 2017 and Outlook tor 2018, Alliance Capital said it expects inflation to

continue declining albeit marginally in 2018 on the back of uninterrupted food supply, a stable

currency and tight fiscal and monetary policies.





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