16-01-2022
Data from the Planning and Statistics Authority showed that the consumer price index for the month of December reached 102.14 points, an increase of 0.65 percent compared to the previous month (November 2021), while it rose by 6.47 percent compared to the corresponding month (December 2020), and thus the initial rate of change between the entire year 2021, and the entire year 2020 is about 2.3 percent.
The main components of the consumer price index for the month of December 2021, compared to the previous month (November 2021) (monthly change), showed that there was an increase in six groups, a decrease in one group, and the stability of the number in five groups.
The rise occurred in the recreation and culture group by 4.89 percent, followed by the telecommunications group by 1.27 percent, the clothing and footwear group by 0.55 percent, the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels group by 0.52 percent, the transportation group by 0.12 percent, and the group of other goods and services with a small percentage closer to stability, which is 0.05 percent, in contrast, only the food and beverage group decreased by 0.64 percent. As for the groups of tobacco, furniture and household appliances, health, education, restaurants and hotels, there was no change on them from the previous month (November 2021).
By comparing December 2021 with the corresponding month in 2020 (annual change), it was found that there was an increase in the general index by 6.47 percent, which is the result of the resulting increase in nine groups: the entertainment and culture group by 37.31 percent, and the transportation group by 11.28 percent and the food and beverage group by 6.73 percent, the clothing and footwear group by 6.17 percent, the furniture and household appliances group by 3.64 percent, the other goods and services group by 2.57 percent, the restaurants and hotels group by 2.11 percent, the telecommunications group by 1.88%, and the education group by 1.09 percent.
As for the annual decreases, they occurred in the housing group, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 2.71 percent, and in the health group by 1.39 percent. There was no change in the tobacco group.
By calculating the consumer price index for the month of December 2021, after excluding the group of housing, water, electricity, gas and other types of fuel, it reached a point of 105.99, recording an increase of 0.68 percent, compared to the previous month (November 2021), and by 8.76 percent from December 2020.