Consumer basket decreases to $559

The consumer basket for a family of six has marginally decreased by 0.34% to $559.11 due to minimal decline of prices of goods in the basket in September, consumer watchdog Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has said.

In a statement, CCZ said from August 2015 figures, prices of other commodities which include bread, fresh milk and salt remained unchanged.

CCZ statistics showed that food basket decreased by 1.03% to $116.74 by September 2015 from $117.95 by August 2015.