THE annual inflation for November 2022 has increased to 9.8 percent from the 9.7 percent recorded last month. And the Zambia Statistics Agency says retail prices between November 2021 and November 2022 show that the national average price of a 25kg bag of Breakfast Mealie Meal increased by 24.25 percent from K132.88 to K165.10. During a media briefing, Thursday, Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa attributed the 0.1 percent increment to movements in prices of non-food items. “Annual inflation for November 2022 increased to 9.8 percent from 9.7 percent recorded in October, 2022. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 9.8 percent between November 2021 and November 2022. This development was mainly attributed...

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