The Dubai Statistics Center reported that the annual general index of consumer prices decreased by 1.32% in January, compared to the same month in 2019. The center explained in a report released today, the prices of: Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Fuel Department decreased by 5.37%, which reduced Inflation by 2.28 points, and the Clothing and Footwear section decreased by 3.21%, which reduced inflation by 0.06 points, the Entertainment and Culture section by 0.19%, and the Health department by 0.01%.
He added that, in contrast, the index increased for each of the transportation department by 4.92%, which pushed inflation by 0.51 points, the food and beverage section by 1.62%, which pushed inflation by 0.21 points, the education section by 1.66%, which pushed inflation by 0.15 points, and the tobacco section by 14.74% That pushed inflation by 0.09 points, the Department of Miscellaneous Goods and Services by 0.42%, which pushed inflation by 0.03 points, the Furniture and Furnishing section, and household appliances and repair by 0.53%, which pushed inflation by 0.02 points, and the Restaurants and Hotels division by 0.37%, which pushed inflation by 0.02 points , And the Communications Department increased by 0.20%, which drove inflation b Kdar 0.01 points.
Moreover, the general monthly index of consumer prices decreased in January 2020 compared to December 2019 by 0.57%, as a result of lower prices for each of: the housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel sectors by 0.48%, which reduced inflation by 0.20 points, and the clothing and footwear division by 6.99 And that reduced inflation by 0.14 points, and the Transportation Department by 1.14%, which reduced inflation by 0.13 points, while the prices of: Goods and Miscellaneous Services increased by 0.43%, which pushed inflation by 0.03 points, and the Education Department by 0.19%, which pushed inflation by 0.02 points, while the tobacco price was stable at previous levels during the period Coupler.