Ministry of Planning: Inflation rates decreased last month
Ministry of Planning: Inflation rates decreased last month
2025-11-29
The Ministry of Planning announced on Saturday a decrease in monthly and annual inflation rates during the month of October. The official spokesman for the ministry, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, told the official agency that “the Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authority, through its field teams that monitor the prices of goods and services in all governorates, recorded a decrease in the monthly inflation rate by (0.3%) compared to the month of September that preceded it,” indicating that “annual inflation also recorded a decrease by (0.5%) during the month of October, compared to the same month of last year 2024.”
Al-Hindawi also explained that “the decrease in inflation is mainly due to the decline in prices of the food and non-alcoholic beverages section by (0.5%), as fish prices decreased by (4.9%), and fruits by (2.4%).”
He added that “the housing sector recorded a decrease of (1%),” noting that “the prices of a number of sectors witnessed a slight variation between increase and decrease, while other sectors maintained their previous rates.”
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