Ivory Coast inflation rises to 2.5 pct in September: stats office

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast recorded consumer price inflation of 2.5 percent year-on-year in September, up from 1.2 percent in August, data from the National Statistics office showed on Monday. The monthly report showed that food and soft drink prices increased 0.7 percent, while housing and utility prices jumped 15.2 percent over the period. Healthcare prices climbed 1.9 percent and communications costs dropped 0.1 percent.     The economy of the world's top cocoa grower make