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Qatar’s consumer price index (CPI) for the month of March 2019 reached 107.73 point (base year is 2013), showing a decrease of 0.03 percent compared to CPI of February 2019.
Compared to CPI of March 2018, Y-o-Y basis, a decrease of 1.31 percent has been recorded in the general index (CPI) in March, according to data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA), on Monday.
An analysis on M-o-M basis of CPI shows that there are three main groups, where respective indices in March have decreased, namely: recreation and culture by 2.39 percent, miscellaneous goods and services by 0.31 percent, and restaurants and hotels by 0.11 percent. An increase in prices was observed in clothing and footwear by 2.09 percent, followed by food and beverages by 0.28 percent, and transport by 0.85 percent.
Tobacco, housing, water, electricity and gas, furniture and household equipment, health, communication, and education groups has remained flat at the last months price level.
A comparison of the CPI of March 2019 with the CPI of March 2018 (annual change), a decrease of 1.31 percent has been recorded.
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