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The rate rose 2.8 percentage points from 7.8 percent in March, Professor Samuel Annim, a government statistician, said on Wednesday.
Monthly inflation between March 2020 and April 2020 was 3.2 percent.
“The average national inflation was 10.6 percent. Food inflation (14.4 percent) exceeded non-food inflation (7.7 percent), especially in the two regions with areas that were partially blocked by COVID-19, Greater Accra 20.8 percent and Ashanti.18.2 percent “, said.
The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Division registered an annual inflation rate of 14.4 percent, six percentage points higher than March 2020 at 8.4 percent and 6.5 percentage points higher than the average rate of food inflation registered in the previous eight months of 7.9 percent.
“This means that food is the predominant engine of annual inflation. Food contributed 59.6 percent of annual inflation in April 2020, “said Professor Annim.
In the previous eight months, the contribution was an average of 44.1 percent.
Monthly food inflation was 6.4 percent, which means that between March 2020 and April 2020 the average price level for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 6.4 percent.
Within the Food Division, vegetables (37%) and fruits and nuts (20.5%) were the subclasses with the highest inflation rates for both annual and monthly inflation.
Within the Division of Housing, Water, Electricity and Gas (11.2%), the Subclasses “Solid fuels (16.7%)” and “Materials for the maintenance and repair of houses (13.1%)” registered the highest inflation rates.
At the regional level, year-on-year headline inflation ranged from 2.3 percent in the Upper East region to 15.1 percent in Greater Accra.
Inflation for imported goods was 4.9 percent, while inflation for local goods was 13.1 percent on average, the highest rate of local inflation and the lowest rate of inflation for imported goods since the August 2019.
Monthly inflation for imported goods was 0 percent, while monthly inflation for local goods was 4.5 percent. The main contributor to local inflation was inflation of locally produced food.
