Planning: Inflation rise during July and the annual rate of increase (2.6%)

Planning: Inflation rise during July and the annual rate of increase (2.6%)
2015-08-17T08:10:37+00:00

indicating that the price survey of the mentioned month did not include the three Iraqi provinces because of the security situation.

The ministry spokesman , Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi said in a statement received by Shafaq News, that "the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Ministry completed report the inflation for last July in 2015 on the basis of field data collection on the prices of goods and services components of the consumer basket of selected sample of outlets in all governorates of Iraq." , adding that "these rates calculate goods , food services, rent, transportation, communications, health, education and others”.

He explained that "the monthly inflation for July the index rose by 1% .. As for the" annual inflation index during the last twelve months from July 2014 to July 2015 , it has increased by 2.6% influenced by rising some of food prices and non-alcoholic beverages at a rate of (4.8%) in July 2015 compared with the same month of last year. As well as high housing prices by section (3%")

Hindawi pointed out that "the survey which was conducted during July did not include the three Iraqi provinces because of the security situation witnessed in those governorates of Nineveh, Salahuddin and Anbar", pointing out that "the base inflation index rose during July at a rate of 3% compared with the June of the previous year and a rate of 1.4% for July

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