A vendor waits for customers at a vegetable market in Shubra on the outskirts of Cairo
A vendor waits for customers at a vegetable market in Shubra on the outskirts of Cairo September 27, 2011. REUTERS

Egypt's core consumer price inflation declined to an annual 7.6 percent in October from 7.95 percent in September, the central bank said on Thursday.

Egypt's state statistics agency CAPMAS said earlier in the day that urban consumer inflation slowed to an annual 7.1 percent last month from 8.2 percent in September.