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UAE Annual Inflation in August up at 0.95% on Rising Food Costs
Monday, Sep 17, 2012
(This story was originally published Sunday.)
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Annual inflation in the United Arab Emirates rose to 0.95% in August, from 0.46% in July, driven mainly by higher food and beverage prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said in an emailed statement on Sunday.
The food & non alcoholic beverages category of the consumer price index, or CPI, was up an annual 4.68% in August, while beverages and tobacco showed an increase of 5.42%.
U.A.E. government officials have repeatedly said they expect inflation to remain below 1.5% this year.
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