{"version":"1","article":{"id":"dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","slug":"dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=en","title":"DR Congo weekly inflation was 0.13% in early October","summary":"The Central Bank of Congo said consumer prices rose 0.13% in the first week of October, with food products making the largest contribution to the weekly increase.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["inflation","food","statistics"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-02","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Banque Centrale du Congo","url":"https://www.bcc.cd/publications/notes-de-conjoncture/note-de-conjoncture-ceb-du-25-septembre-au-02-octobre-2026","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-central-bank-weekly-inflation-and-food-prices-october-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Central Bank of Congo’s 2 October weekly note put weekly inflation at 0.13% in the first week of October 2026, down from 0.15% the previous week. The four-week average weekly rate was 0.14%. Food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for 80.4% of the weekly change in the consumer price index, compared with 54% a week earlier, the bank said.","Cumulative inflation since the start of the year reached 7.4%, against 5.9% in the corresponding period of 2025. The annual rate fell to 3.7% from 7.6% a year earlier. The bank said the monthly price decline in October 2025 could create a base effect in the annual comparison and mechanically lift the annual indicator to 8.8–9.0% by late October; it said this would not indicate a faster weekly pace of price increases."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The Central Bank of Congo said consumer prices rose 0.13% in the first week of October, with food products making the largest contribution to the weekly increase.\n\nThe Central Bank of Congo’s 2 October weekly note put weekly inflation at 0.13% in the first week of October 2026, down from 0.15% the previous week. The four-week average weekly rate was 0.14%. Food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for 80.4% of the weekly change in the consumer price index, compared with 54% a week earlier, the bank said.\n\nCumulative inflation since the start of the year reached 7.4%, against 5.9% in the corresponding period of 2025. The annual rate fell to 3.7% from 7.6% a year earlier. The bank said the monthly price decline in October 2025 could create a base effect in the annual comparison and mechanically lift the annual indicator to 8.8–9.0% by late October; it said this would not indicate a faster weekly pace of price increases.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}