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February 15, 2022

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s consumer price index rose 1.2% in January from a year earlier, fuelled by higher transport prices, government data showed on Tuesday.

Transport prices increased by 4.9%, mainly due to the rise in gasoline prices by 34.5%, the General Authority for Statistics said in a statement.

“Transport prices were the main driver of the inflation rate in January 2022 due to their high relative importance in the Saudi consumer basket,” it said, citing the segment’s 13% CPI weight on the inflation basket.

Oil prices are trading at their highest in more than seven years. [O/R]

Saudi Arabia’s CPI rose 0.2% month-on-month in January, the statement said.

(Reporting by Saeed Azhar; Editing by Himani Sarkar)


Source: One America News Network

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