Liberia, Oct. 1 -- New paper says converting dollar prices at a stronger Liberian dollar rate makes inflation look lower than it is; suggests true rate could be above 9 percent

Monrovia - An independent Liberian economist is challenging the official view that inflation in Liberia is cooling. He argues that the way the country measures prices hides a cost of living that households feel rising every time they go to the market.

By Rodney D Sieh

In a policy research paper dated September 30, 2026, Dr. Paul Columbus Collins, a chartered accountant and independent economic policy researcher based in Monrovia, says the steady fall in headline inflation reported by the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "is...