Aug 24 (Reuters) - Kuwait's statistics office reported the following July consumer price data on Wednesday.

KUWAIT CONSUMER INFLATION7/166/167/15
pct change month/month  0.10.70.1
pct change year/year 3.13.13.6
NOTE: Prices of food and beverages, which account for more than 18 percent of the basket, rose 1.2 percent from a year earlier. Housing costs, which account for nearly 29 percent of consumer expenses, jumped 7.3 percent.

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