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Bahrain's statistics office released the following April consumer price data.
BAHRAIN CONSUMER INFLATION | 4/18 | 3/18 | 4/17 |
pct change month/month | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0 |
pct change year/year | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
NOTE: Housing and utility costs, which account for 24 percent of consumer expenses, rose 1.7 percent from a year earlier in April. Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which account for 16 percent, climbed 0.7 percent.
Transport prices jumped 7.9 percent after a hike of domestic gasoline prices in early January.
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia) ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com; +9715 6681 7277; Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))