DUBAI  - Saudi Arabia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in December from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, reversing a deflationary trend that lasted most of 2019.

The increase was fueled by rises in the price of food and beverages, restaurants, hotels and education, according to data from the General Authority for Statistics.

The CPI rose 0.1% in December from November, the data showed.

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