By Our Reporter
The Annual Headline Inflation for November 2015 has risen to 9.1% compared to 8.8% in October. This was largely driven by Annual Core Inflation which rose to 6.7% compared to the 6.3 per cent recorded in October 2015. In addition, Annual Food crops Inflation increased to 20.3% compared to the 20.2% previously.
The other driver was Annual Energy Fuel and Utilities (EFU) Inflation that rose to 12.1% compared to the 11.9% registered in October.
Masaka registered the highest Annual Inflation of 11.5%, Mbarara was 2nd with 11.1% while Kampala Middle and Low Income registered the 3rd highest Annual Inflation of 9.8%.
The main drivers in the three centres were high price levels of food, clothing, footwear and electricity charges. In addition, rent and medical services were among the drivers for Kampala Low and Middle income, whereas meals in restaurants contributed to inflation in Masaka.
Food registered an annual inflation of 17.2% compared to the 16.4% recorded in October while Non- Food Inflation rose to 5.4%.
The Annual Inflation for Other Goods rose to 7.7% while that of services declined to 6.1% in the same period.
