MINISTRY of Finance and National Planning PS for Economic Management and Finance Mulele Mulele has expressed hope that the country will attain the inflation target of six to eight percent by June, 2026. Speaking when he featured on Diamond breakfast, Wednesday, Mulele said inflation was likely to remain in a single digit provided the country does not experience any shock. “The cost of living is measured by inflation and is measured by the consumer price index. So, in other words we look at the basket of goods and services that Zambians consume and on a monthly basis those are followed by ZAMSTATS and they publish what we call inflation rate on a monthly basis. We’ve seen inflation come to a...
