Malawi : Headline inflation eases to 27.7%

Malawi’s headline inflation for May 2025 dropped to 27.7 percent in May from 29.2 percent a month before, the latest Consumer Price Indices report published by the National Statistical Office (NSO) shows.
Malawi’s headline inflation for May 2025 dropped to 27.7 percent in May from 29.2 percent a month before, the latest Consumer Price Indices report published by the National Statistical Office (NSO) shows.
Malawi’s inflation rate remained among the highest in sub- Saharan Africa, according to the Reserve Bank of Malawi’s (RBM) latest Market Intelligence Report for April published on Monday.
The Surveyors Institute of Malawi (SIM) has said players in the real estate sector will be affected differently by the recent 44 percent devaluation of the Kwacha.
Monetary authorities are touting the tightening of policy rate on easing inflation which dropped 0.2 percentage points in third quarter to 28.2 percent.