Department of Treasury and External Finance
Update on Moroccan Economy September 23, 2008
INFLATION Morocco’s monthly consumer price index (CPI) as announced by the Moroccan Higher Commission for Planning (Haut Commissariat au Plan) increase by 0.4% in August 2008 compared with the previous month of the year. In the other hand, between August 2008 and August 2007, the CPI increased by 4.8%. In average, the CPI increased by 3.8% during the period January-August 2008 compared to the same period of 2007.
Monthly index Products Food products Non Food products All products
Change
August 2007
July 2008
August 2008
August2008/ July2008
182.0 174.1 177.8
195.6 177.1 185.5
197.1 177.1 186.3
0.8% 0.1% 0.4%
http://www.hcp.ma/pubData/News/19.09.2008.fr.pdf (in French)
DTFE/DBP/SEBP - N° 019
August2008/ August2007
7.0% 1.2% 4.8%