UAE inflation up 1.9% Y-o-Y, index rebased to 2014
The UAE’s Federative Competitiveness and Statistics Authority changed the base year for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 2014, from 2007, and changed the weights for the basket component starting October 2016. CPI increased 1.9% Y-o-Y, but remained unchanged on a monthly basis, in October. Food and soft drinks prices (now account for 14.3% of the CPI basket, up from 13.9%) have dropped 1.4% Y-o-Y and 0.1% M-o-M. Housing costs (34.1% of the basket, from 39.3% previously) have risen 4.9% Y-o-Y and 0.1% M-o-M. (FCSA)
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