Coronavirus, oil price, Naira depreciation will determine Nigeria’s Consumer inflation coming months, analysts say

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As April Annual Inflation Rate Rises to 12.34% on Rising Non-food Prices…

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Freshly released inflation report by the National Bureau of Statistics showed a 12.34% rise in annual inflation rate for the month of April; higher than 12.26% recorded in March in line with our expectations.

The increase in inflation rate was caused by faster increase in non-food prices; with average food prices climbing marginally.

While core inflaiton rate increased by 9.98% (from 9.78% in March), food inflation rose to 15.03% (higher than 14.98% in March).

Core inflation was caused by increases in prices of clothing & footwear (which rose by 10.33% compared to a 10.21% increase in the preceding month) and transportation costs (climbed by 9.78%; from a 9.49% rise) among other things.

On the other hand, the rise in food inflation was driven by planting season and the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic.

Also, the annual imported food inflation rose to 16.24% (from 16.20% in March).

On a monthly basis, annual inflation rate jumped by 1.02% in April (from 0.84% in March), as imported food inflation index rose by 1.27% amid depreciation of the Naira against the USD.

The two months moving average foreign exchange rates of the Bureau de Change and the parallel markets rose (Naira depreciated) m-o-m by 7.73% and 9.08% to N393.84/USD and N402.94/USD respectively in April 2020.

Also, food and core inflation rose to 0.93% and 1.18% (from 0.80% and 0.94% in March) respectively.

Menwhile, urban and rural inflation rates rose by 12.26% and 11.20% (higher than 12.15% and 11.14%) respectively.

Outlook:
“We expect the battle against COVID-19, moderating crude oil prices and the depreciation of the Naira against the USD to negatively impact on the general price level in the coming months.

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