The monthly basic needs basket survey conducted by the Centre for Social Concern (CFSC) says the cost of living in Lilongwe has gone up with an average family of 6 living in Malawi cities will now need around K55,000 per month to afford basic necessities. The survey was conducted in Mzuzu, Zomba, Blantyre and Lilongwe. […]
Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO) through its monthly inflation rate report has veiled the real hardship that consumers are currently encountering in the country. Data from the NSO shows that the rate at which goods prices are progressing on the market, inflation, has only increased by 0.1 percent. In its statement issued this week, NSO […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter National Statistical Office (NSO) said on Friday that the country’s annual consumer inflation quickened to 7.4 percent in July from 7.0 percent in June. “The year on year headline inflation for the month of July 2011 stands at 7.4 percent, an increase of 0.4 percentage points on the month before,” the […]