The Nation Newspaper JUST IN: Inflation rises to 33.20% in March, says NBS
According to the Bureau in its Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report March 2024, it rose by 1.50% point compared to the previous month.
“Looking at the movement, the March 2024 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 1.50% points when compared to the February 2024 headline inflation rate.”The document said on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 11.16% points higher compared to the rate recorded in March 2023, which was 22.04%. This shows that the headline inflation rate increased in March 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year .Nigeria’s public debt stock increases to N97.
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