The headline inflation rate increased to 34.19% in June 2024 relative to the May 2024 headline inflation rate which was 33.95%, the National Bureau of Statistics has said.
Looking at the movement, the June 2024 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.24% points when compared to the May 2024 headline inflation rate.
On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 11.40% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023, which was 22.79%.
This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in the month of June 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e. June 2023).
Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in June 2024 was 2.31%, which was 0.17% higher than the rate recorded in May 2024 (2.14%).
This means that in the month of June 2024, the rate of increase in the average price level is higher than the rate of increase in the average price level in May 2024.
Food inflation increased by 21bps to 40.87% y/y (May: 40.66% y/y)
The rise in Food inflation on a year-on-year basis was caused by increases in prices of the following items: Millet Whole grain, Garri, Guinea corn, etc (Bread and Cereals Class), Yam, Water Yam, Coco Yam (Potatoes, Yam & Other Tubers Class), Groundnut Oil, Palm Oil, etc (Oil & Fats Class) and Catfish Dried, Dried Fish-Sadine, and Mudfish (Fish Class). On a month-on-month basis, Food inflation increased by 2.55%, relative to the 2.28% m/m recorded in the previous month.
Similarly, the Core inflation increased by 36bps to 27.40% y/y (May: 27.04% y/y)
The highest increases were recorded in prices of the following items: Rents (Actual and Imputed Rentals for Housing Class), Journey by motorcycle, Bus Journey intercity (under Passenger Transport by Road Class), Accommodation Service, Consultation Fee of a medical doctor, Laboratory service, X-ray photography, etc (under Medical Services Class) and pharmaceutical products. Compared to the previous month, the Core index surged by 5bps to 2.06% m/m in June (May: 2.01% m/m).
