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Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Dubai Statistics Center released the following January consumer price data for the Gulf Arab emirate.
NOTE - Previous figures are revised.
Last August, the centre changed the base year for the consumer price index to 2014 from 2007 and adjusted the consumer basket. This had the effect of raising recent inflation rates slightly.
Housing and utility costs rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier in January while food and beverage prices gained 0.9 percent and transportation increased 6.4 percent.
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Mark Potter) ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com; 9715 6681 7277; Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
| DUBAI CONSUMER INFLATION | 1/17 | 12/16 |
| pct change month/month | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| pct change year/year | 3.7 | 2.2 |
NOTE - Previous figures are revised.
Last August, the centre changed the base year for the consumer price index to 2014 from 2007 and adjusted the consumer basket. This had the effect of raising recent inflation rates slightly.
Housing and utility costs rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier in January while food and beverage prices gained 0.9 percent and transportation increased 6.4 percent.
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Mark Potter) ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com; 9715 6681 7277; Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
