The rising cost of Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels (28.7%) as well as Transport (17.4%) pushed the rate of inflation for January 2022 to 13.9 percent, data from the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, food inflation recorded a rate of 13.7%, higher than both last month rate (12.8%) and the average of the previous months (10.4%).
Non-food inflation on the other hand went up again in January 2022 to 14.1%, compared with the 12.5% recorded in December 2021.
Also, the inflation for imported goods was 11.0%, higher than the 10.4% recorded in December 2021, while the inflation for locally produced items was 15.0%, up from the 13.3% recorded in December 2021.
The Greater Accra region recorded the highest rate of inflation of 18.4%, far higher than the national average.
It was followed by Upper West (15.6%) and Northern (15.1%). The Ashanti region however registered an inflation rate of 13.6%.
The Eastern region registered the lowest inflation rate of 6.9%.
For non-food inflation, Upper West registered the lowest inflation rate of 6.6%, whilst Greater Accra region recorded the highest rate of inflation of 22.2%
Source: myjoyonline.com
