Nigeria Inflation Rate Drops for 2nd Month

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate eased for the second straight month to 17.93% in May of 2021 from 18.12% in April, amid a slight slowdown in prices of food & non-alcoholic beverages & tobacco (22.28% vs 22.72% in April) and despite a recent currency devaluation. Still, the annual core inflation, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce hit 13.15% in May, the highest since April of 2017. On a monthly basis, consumer prices inched up 1.01%, following a 0.97% increase in the prior month.