Egypt’s core inflation rises to 4.8% yr/yr in September – c.bank

Egypt’s year-on-year core inflation rose to 4.8 percent in September from 4.5 percent in August, the central bank said.

Month-on-month inflation recorded 0.4 percent in September compared to 0.1 percent in the same month of the previous year and to negative 0.3 percent in August 2021.

Core inflation strips out volatile items such as food.