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Zambia's consumer inflation slows

Lusaka - Zambia's headline consumer inflation braked to 7.1% year-on-year in August, from 7.3% in July, mainly because of lower prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, the statistics agency said on Thursday.

On a month-on-month basis, CPI was steady at 0.7% in August.

The southern African country's trade surplus decreased to 94 million Zambian kwacha ($17m) in July, its lowest this year, from a revised 150m kwacha in June.  
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