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Consumer price index drops 0.6% during eight months
By Petra - Sep 11,2015 - Last updated at Sep 11,2015
AMMAN — The consumer price index, a measurement of inflation, decreased by 0.6 per cent in the first eight months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS).
The decline was attributed mainly to lower transportation costs, which went down by 14 per cent, fuel and electricity, which fell by 12 per cent, and vegetables and beans, which dropped by 1 per cent. Other factors included a 1.5 per cent drop in prices of drinks and refreshments, and personal luggage, the prices of which decreased by 3.6 per cent.
Higher costs covered rents which rose by 5.3 per cent, education by 3.7 per cent, fruits and nuts by 6.9 per cent, and tobacco by 3.9 per cent.
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