The average cost of factory inputs in Kenya has dropped, leading to expectations on how retailers will respond to this change. This decrease coincides with a year-on-year decline in the national Producer Price Index (PPI), which affects the pricing strategies of manufacturers.

• PPI decreased to 135.24 points last month from 140.35 a year ago.
• Reported by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
• The year-on-year inflation rate fell to 3.6 percent in September, the lowest since December 2012.