Rwanda inflation dips to 0.9 percent in year to August

A woman works in her shop in the Kibera slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, January 20, 2012. REUTERS/Noor Khamis·Reuters· (Reuters)

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rwanda's urban inflation rate was 0.9 percent in the year to August compared with 1.9 percent in the year to July, the statistics office reported on Wednesday. Prices rose 0.2 percent over the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda reported. Rwanda focuses on the urban inflation rate for monetary policy purposes.

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