Africa’s largest economy said its headline inflation fell to 11.23% for the month of June.
Data released by the official data agency showed that The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 11.23 percent (year-on-year) in June 2018.
The decline is 0.37 percent points less than the rate recorded in May 2018 (11.61) percent and represents the seventeenth consecutive disinflation since January 2017.
The data also showed that increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yield the Headline index.
On a month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.24 percent in June 2018, up by 0.15 percent points from the rate recorded in May 2018.
The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the twelve months period ending June 2018 over the average of the CPI for the previous twelve months period was 14.37 percent, showing 0.42 percent point lower from 14.79 percent recorded in May 2018.