Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Swaziland’s inflation rate rose to 6.12 percent in August as prices of housing, water, electricity and fuel increased, the country’s statistics office said.

Inflation was 6.11 percent in July, the Mbabane-based Central Statistics Office said in a statement handed to reporters today.

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