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Tanzania inflation flat at 4.0pc year-on-year in January

Published February 8, 2018 Updated February 8, 2018 02:24pm

"Food items that contributed to the annual headline inflation rate remaining unchanged include beans, fish and bananas," Ephraim Kwesigabo, director of the state-run National Bureau of Statistics, told a news conference.

East Africa's third biggest economy targets an average inflation rate of 5.0 percent in the mid-term.

 

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