Harare - Zimbabwe’s inflation was in the negative again after shedding 0.48% to end the month of January 2015 at -1.28%, against the December rate of -0.80%.
This means that the prices of all items continued to fall compared to the same period last year with an average of decline of 1.28 percentage points between January 2014 and January 2015.
The year on year food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation which is prone to transitory shocks remained in the negative at -2.74%, while the Non-food inflation rate was 0.57%.
The country’s negative inflation comes in the wake of calls for the country’s manufacturers to reduce retail prices.