- Benin’s inflation falls to -0.1% in February
- Food and transport costs drive price decline
COTONOU, BENIN – Benin slipped into deflation in February as falling food and service costs outweighed rising housing and energy prices, according to new government statistics.
Consumer prices fell by 0.1% year-on-year in February, down from a 0.9% increase recorded in January, data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INStaD) showed.
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