Monthly Statistical Bulletin: July 2008
	Indicator	Unit	Period	Value this period		Value previous period		Value in this period in previous  year
	Prices
1.1	Annual consumer price inflation rates
	National	Percent	Jun 2008	8.5		7.7		7.7
	Urban	Percent	Jun 2008	10.8		10.0		10.0
	Rural	Percent	Jun 2008	7.2		6.4		6.4
	Blantyre	Percent	Jun 2008	9.6		12.5		12.5
	Lilongwe	Percent	Jun 2008	11.3		7.7		7.7
	Mzuzu	Percent	Jun 2008	15.7		10.6		10.6
	Zomba	Percent	Jun 2008	12.3		8.1		8.1
1.2	National consumer price index
	All items	2000=100	Jun 2008	254.9		234.9		234.9
	Food costs	2000=100	Jun 2008	225.5		211.8		211.8
	Beverages and tobacco	2000=100	Jun 2008	323.5		298.6		298.6
	Clothing and footwear	2000=100	Jun 2008	236.1		219.3		219.3
	Housing	2000=100	Jun 2008	315.9		284.8		284.8
	Household operation	2000=100	Jun 2008	375.4		332.9		332.9
	Transport	2000=100	Jun 2008	331.2		284.3		284.3
	Miscellaneous	2000=100	Jun 2008	228.6		209.4		209.4
1.3	Rural consumer price index
	All items	2000=100	Jun 2008	233.5		244.1		217.7
	Food costs	2000=100	Jun 2008	199.3		216.7		190.6
1.4	Urban consumer price index
	All items	2000=100	Jun 2008	304.2		304.7		274.6
	Food costs	2000=100	Jun 2008	342.3		347.5		306.0
1.5	Blantyre consumer price index: All Items
	Low income	2000=100	Jun 2008	325.0		328.5		312.4
	Medium income	2000=100	Jun 2008	310.1		307.8		286.2
	High income	2000=100	Jun 2008	266.3		266.5		240.3
1.6	Lilongwe consumer price index: All Items
	Low income	2000=100	Jun 2008	319.0		322.2		320.4
	Medium income	2000=100	Jun 2008	331.5		316.9		296.4
	High income	2000=100	Jun 2008	319.4		310.3		294.1
1.7	Zomba consumer price index: All Items
	Low income	2000=100	Jun 2008	332.2		335.7		310.5
	Medium income	2000=100	Jun 2008	309.7		309.1		273.7
	High income	2000=100	Jun 2008	315.7		312		269.9
1.8	Mzuzu consumer price index: All Items
	Low income	2000=100	Jun 2008	352.6		359.5		304.7
	Medium income	2000=100	Jun 2008	347.6		349.7		307.8
	High income	2000=100	Jun 2008	336.0		336.1		281.1
Key: p=provisional, r=revised since last bulletin, ..=not available   * = less than half the unit used. Periods refer to Months or Quarters.
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Reference publications giving time series data on many of the above series include the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and
the Statistical Yearbook.