The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.8 per cent, in September 2023. During the reference month, all sectors continued to record general increase in prices. Prices of commodities under Transport; Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages; and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels, increased by 13.0, 7.9 and 6.3 per cent, respectively, between September 2022 and September 2023. These three divisions account for over 57 per cent of the weights of the 13 broad categories.