Inflationary pressures on food products intensified: +14.5% year-on-year, education costs increased in one month by 3.0%.
Compared to the previous month, consumer prices increased by 0.6% in August 2022. Compared to the same month in 2021, the general level of prices increased by 6.6%. On average over the past twelve months, prices rose by 4.0%, above the threshold set at 3% by the Central African Economic and Monetary Community. The underlying inflation rate is 3.6%.