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Inflation Upside Surprise

September CPI registered upside surprise: Figure 1: CPI (blue, left log scale), Bloomberg y/y consensus (blue +), core CPI (red, right log scale), Bloomberg y/y consensus (red +). Source: BLS, Bloomberg. The above graph uses y/y consensus; on a m/m (due to rounding), core CPI did not exceed consensus in September, while headline did. Since […]

Inflation Upside Surprise

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Top 10 African countries with the cheapest electricity prices in Q3 2026

Africa recorded an average electricity price of $0.141 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for residential consumers and $0.134 per kWh for businesses in the third quarter of 2026.

  • Cameroon has the cheapest residential electricity at $0.006 per kWh in Q3 2026.
  • Tunisia and DRC follow with residential rates below the African average.
  • Nigeria rounds out the list with the most affordable prices at $0.036 per kWh.

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