Planning: low inflation index in March rose 0.7% annual rise of 1.8%
Planning: low inflation index in March rose 0.7% annual rise of 1.8%
27.4.2016 14:36
[Oan- Baghdad]
The Ministry of Planning for lower inflation indicators during the last month of March rose 0.7% after it witnessed a decline in the month of February the previous year by 0.1%, while the annual inflation rate rose in the month compared with the same month of the previous year 2015 1.8%.
The spokesman said the ministry Abdul Zahra al – Hindawi said in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, that ” the reason for the low monthly inflation for the month of March the index was influenced down the record for the number of sections, including sections of food and non – alcoholic beverages and housing department.”
And that ” these two sections prices have decreased by 1% each and lower clothing and footwear section prices by 1.3%, and the Department of household furnishings and equipment prices fell 0.6%, and the Department of transport by 0.5% , “he said . ” The annual inflation index rising by 1.8% compared to March 2015 a month. ”
Hindawi pointed to ” the tobacco section prices rise by 7.3%, and increased clothing and footwear section prices by 1.2% and increased housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel by 0.7%, and the contact section rose by 10.7%, and the Department of Health increased by 6.4%, and the Department of transportation Arft prices by 7.2 % “noting that” the survey prices did not include the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin to the difficulty of the security situation. ”
the Ministry of planning announced earlier last month that rising inflation indices during the month of February of this year by 0.1% after it witnessed a decline in a month December 2016 by 0.6%, while the annual inflation rate is seen another rise in the month of February compared with the same month of the previous year by 1.5% in 2015 after falling in the period from January 2015 to January 2016 increased by 1.6%.
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