Clouds move over the Riyadh skyline November 17, 2013. Picture taken November 17, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
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.
Saudi Arabia’s CPI rose 0.2% month-on-month in January, the statement said.Reporting by Saeed Azhar; Editing by Himani Sarkar
This article was originally published by Reuters.
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