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Consumer Price Index (CPI)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of changes in prices of goods and services within the household basket [1]. In Rwanda the CPI is a Modified Laspeyres index that currently measures changes in prices of 1,136 goods and services in five provinces in Rwanda.

1. General information

Objectives

The CPI is an instrument that measures inflation. It permits measuring average price changes of items consumed by households between two periods. It is also a measure of the evolution of prices for a particular quality of a product.

CPI Methodology

CPI Triple role

CPI Brochure

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Fast Facts

Consumer Price Index
:3.01% y/y
(July 2010)

Producer Price Index:
5.80% q/q
(Quarter II, 2010)
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GDP Growth:
6% y/y
(Year 2009)

GDP per Capita
US$ 520
(Year 2009)

Population Projection: 10,117,029
(Year 2009))29
(Year 2009)