The Statistics Authority in Sudan revealed that annual inflation fell to 102.6 percent in October from 107 percent last September.
According to the Statistics Authority, the education group recorded the highest monthly change in the general index of consumer and service prices for the month of October out of the twelve commodity groups, where it reached 89.25 percent; the agency attributed this to the high tuition fees for this academic year. Followed by: a group of miscellaneous goods and services with a rate of 4.59 percent, the health group with a rate of 4.59 percent, the group of household fixtures and equipment and routine home maintenance is 2.50 percent, the transportation group is 2.50 percent, the tobacco group is 1.50 percent, and the communications group is 1.33 percent.
The general consumer price index for the food and beverage group recorded 38,977.92 points for the month of October 2022, an increase of 1666.27 points over 2021, and an inflation rate of 74.70 percent compared to the same month in the previous year.
The consumer price index in urban areas recorded 51235.52 points for the month of October, compared with 24,849.66 points in October, an increase of 26,385.86 points and an increase of 106.18 percent. The consumer price index in rural areas recorded 82,381.60 points in October, compared to 40955.87 points in October 2021. An increase of 41425.73 points; that is, a rate of change of 101.15 percent over its counterpart in the previous year.
Source (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Newspaper, Edited)
