Arab Finance: The annual core consumer price index (CPI) inflation recorded 14.1% in September 2026, compared with 14.9% in August 2026, according to data issued by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).
Monthly core CPI inflation hit 0.8% last month, compared with 1.5% in September 2025 and 0.3% in August 2026.
The CBE also said that based on the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics' (CAPMAS) data, the monthly urban headline CPI inflation fell to 1.3% last September compared with 1.8% in September 2025.
The annual urban headline CPI inflation registered 13.9% in September, compared with 14.5% in August 2026.
It is worth mentioning that CAPMAS recently announced that Egypt's annual headline inflation rate went up to 12.8% in September 2026 from 12.7% in August.
