{"id":53333,"date":"2025-03-10T16:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-consumer-prices-rose-by-6-3-in-february-new-report-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:52:48","slug":"rwanda-s-consumer-prices-rose-by-6-3-in-february-new-report-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-consumer-prices-rose-by-6-3-in-february-new-report-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s consumer prices rose by 6.3% in February, new report shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rise in prices was primarily driven by increases in transport, food, and hospitality costs.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights that urban inflation, which is the headline index for monetary policy, saw a notable uptick, reflecting the ongoing economic dynamics. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUrban CPI increased by 6.3 percent on an annual basis (February 2025 compared to February 2024) and by 0.7 percent on a monthly basis (February 2025 to January 2025),\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key contributors to the inflation surge were transport costs, which rose by 17.4% year-on-year, and restaurant and hotel prices, which climbed by 11.6%. <\/p>\n<p>The price of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 4.5%, while housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels saw a 2.9% rise.<\/p>\n<p>Rural areas, however, experienced a milder price increase, with rural CPI rising by 2.2% annually and 1% on a monthly basis. This resulted in an overall national inflation rate of 3.8% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>The NISR compiles Rwanda\u2019s CPI using price data from over 1,622 products across the country, tracking inflation trends that impact households and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>With inflationary pressures persisting, policymakers and businesses will be closely monitoring economic trends in the coming months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-83376 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda\u2019s consumer prices increased by 6.3% year-on-year in February 2025. The rise in prices was primarily driven by increases in transport, food, and hospitality costs.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s consumer prices increased by 6.3% year-on-year in February 2025, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report published by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000083377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000083377,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton46332-21ce3.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000083377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53333"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53333"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}