COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says the reduction in inflation rate demonstrates that the country’s economic gains are translating into lower costs of living. He has assured manufacturers that the country’s economic gains are sustainable, stressing that they should reduce prices so the benefits can be passed on to the people. On Wednesday, the annual inflation rate for February reduced by 1.9 percentage points to 7.5 percent from 9.4 percent recorded in January 2026. In an interview, Thursday, Mulenga said it is his responsibility to ensure that the business community, which is benefiting from low inflation pass the gains on to ordinary households. “My responsibility is that the business community who are now enjoying the low inflation rate,...