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  "id": 1495319,
  "title": "JUST IN: Nigeria’s headline inflation falls to 15.43% in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/just-in-nigerias-headline-inflation-falls-to-15-43-in-july-1495319",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T14:20:50.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Nigeria's headline inflation rate fell to 15.43% in July 2026, down from 15.91% in June and 24.94% in July 2025. The decline was attributed to a slower pace of price increases, despite an overall increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 143.0 to 145.3 points.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "JUST IN: Nigeria’s headline inflation falls to 15.43% in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/just-in-nigerias-headline-inflation-falls-to-15-43-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-17T13:50:50.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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