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Uganda inflation falls to 1.8pc in April

Published April 30, 2018 Updated April 30, 2018 01:48pm

Prices slowed for some fruits which also reported that core inflation, which excludes food, fuel, electricity and metered water, climbed down to 1.6 percent for the year ended April from 1.7 percent in the twelve months to March.

Monthly headline inflation was 0.3 percent in April compared to a 0.5 percent rise last month.

Uganda captures its inflation data from the first to the 15th of each month.

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