Arab Finance: Egypt’s annual core consumer price index (CPI) inflation hit 13.1% in October 2026, compared with 14.1% last September, according to data issued by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

Monthly core CPI inflation recorded 1.2% last month, compared with 2% in October 2025 and 0.8% in September 2026.

Based on the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics' (CAPMAS) data, the monthly urban headline CPI inflation stood at 0.7% in October 2026, compared with 1.8% during the same month in 2025 and 1.3% in September 2026.

Meanwhile, the annual urban headline CPI inflation reached 12.7% in October, down from 13.9% recorded in September 2026.

On November 5, CAPMAS announced that Egypt's annual headline inflation rate eased to 12% in October 2026 from 12.8% in September.