The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that urban inflation increased to 5.9% in April 2020 compared to 5.1% in the previous month.

In a statement on Sunday, CAPMAS added that Egypt’s annual inflation rate reached 5.9% in April 2020 compared to 4.6% in the previous month. The annual inflation rate was reported at 12.5% in the same month of the previous year.

It added that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reached 107.5 points in April 2020, registering an increase of 1.6% over March 2020.

CAPMAS attributed the increase to a rise in fruit prices by 13.9%, vegetables by 9.5%, fish and seafood by 9.1%, meat and poultry by 5.5%, dairy, cheese, and eggs by 0.4%. There was also a rise in garment prices by 0.5%, and outpatient services by 0.9%. On the other hand, the prices of private transportation decreased by 29%.

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