Planning: high inflation in April rose 0.6% to rise in prices of housing and food
2017/5/23 9:52
[Oan- Baghdad]
announced that the Ministry of Planning for the rise in inflation for the month of April , the index increased by [0.6] March compared with a month earlier.
According to the official spokesman for the Ministry of Planning Abdul Zahra al - Hindawi said in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, that " the Central Bureau of Statistics completed a report price indices Almstlk for the month of April 2017the adoption of the 2012 - year basis for the calculation instead of the year 2007 being the year that saw the implementation of the survey social and economic family in Iraq , which represented a year of changes in the standard of living of the family and the structure of domestic consumer spending and the economic situation in the country by about a year. "
He pointed out that " the survey prices for the month of April for the first time included Salah al- Din province after a hiatus since June 2014, while not coverage of the provinces of Anbar and Nineveh because of the prevailing circumstances."
He Hindawi said "high food department and beverage prices , non - alcoholic was influenced by higher prices of bread group and cereals by [0.5%] due to high rice prices and rising vegetables group prices by [13%] due to higher tomato prices and rising prices of the two sets of sugar and sugar products and non - alcoholic beverages by [0.1%] each. "
"In what has seen meat prices and fish decline in the prices ranged between [0.7%] and [1.2%], and decreased aggregates of milk, cheese, eggs, oils and fats, fruits and other food products prices as well as clothes and shoes at rates ranging between 0.7% and [2.5%] , On the other hand housing prices and tobacco have increased rates ranging between 0.3-0.4%]. "
He pointed to the "registration departments of equipment and furniture , home health, transportation, communication, education, restaurants and equipment prices are other drop in prices rates slightly almost did not exceed [0.5%] and maintained a section of entertainment and culture and miscellaneous goods and services at the level of multiples."
He attributed Hindawi high annual rate of inflation during the month of April compared with the same month of the previous year 2016 and by [1%] to the high prices of food department and non - alcoholic beverages by [0.6%] and high tobacco section prices by [6%] and the height of the housing department by [ 2.5%]. "
He pointed out that the index of consumer prices reached during the month of April last [105.1%] reflecting the high general level of prices at a rate of [5.1%] compared to 2012 , " revealing that " the inflation base rate witnessed a decline during the month of April by [0.2%], and increased the same percentage as compared to the month of April 2016 ".
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