UAE - The Dubai Statistics Center released the following August consumer price data for the Gulf Arab emirate.

DUBAI CONSUMER INFLATION

18-Aug

18-Jul

17-Aug

pct change month/month

0.2

-0.1

0.2

change year/year

2.2

2.2

0.8

NOTE - Housing and utility costs fell 3.6 percent from a year earlier in August, after a 3.2 percent drop in July and a 2.6 percent decline in June.

Food and beverage prices climbed 3.3 percent while transport price inflation rose to 18.5 percent, partly because of higher petrol prices compared to a year ago.

(Reporting by Andrew Torchia Editing by Edmund Blair ) ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com; +9715 6681 7277; Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))