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Kuwait's statistics office reported the following August consumer price data.
KUWAIT CONSUMER INFLATION | 8/18 | 7/18 | 8/17 |
pct change month/month | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
pct change year/year | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
NOTE: Prices of food and beverages, which account for nearly 17 percent of the basket, rose 1.4 percent in August from a year earlier. Housing costs, which account for more than 33 percent, fell 0.9 percent. Transport costs increased 1.8 percent.
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; editing by Jason Neely) ((andrew.torchia@thomsonreuters.com; +9715 6681 7277; Reuters Messaging: andrew.torchia.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))