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  "id": 8899332,
  "title": "The August 2026 inflation numbers, By Uddin Ifeanyi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/the-august-2026-inflation-numbers-by-uddin-ifeanyi",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:33:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/911228-the-august-2026-inflation-numbers-by-uddin-ifeanyi.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Do the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) numbers on the economy’s performance still count for much? No, if we are to take seriously the Tinubu government’s spokesperson on matters economic. Yet, the recently released consumer price index (CPI) report by the NBS for August contains a fistful of brownie points for the federal government’s management […] The post The August 2026 inflation…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "NBS’ August 2026 numbers: Is inflation really trending down?, By Uddin Ifeanyi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nbs-august-2026-numbers-is-inflation-really-trending-down-by-uddin",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:33:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "Education services inflation rises to 10.72% in August as new academic session begins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/education-services-inflation-rises-to-10-72-in-august-as-new-academic",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:45:07.000Z"
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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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