This partly reflects factors such as the increase in the tobacco excise but measures of underlying inflation also increased. A faster pace of increase in prices for tradable goods and services featured, a reflection of the depreciation of the exchange rate since April last year.
First, financial exclusion has fallen since 2007 from 51% and it now stands at 31%. This progress is a result of the effectiveness of Government policy and concerted efforts by the financial services industry to bring services to the doorsteps of the previously unsaved and underserved people. 5.