Ghana’s consumer inflation rose for the third month in a row in June, to 5.3% year-on-year from 3.7% in May, the statistics service said on Wednesday.
Government statistician Alhassan Iddrisu said the increase was mostly driven by non-food prices for transport, housing, and education services.
Inflation remains far below the 13.7% recorded for the same month last year, Iddrisu said. However, he added that price pressures had started to mount again.
The gold-, oil- and cocoa-producing nation has been emerging from its most severe economic crisis in decades.
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