Dubai: Abu Dhabi inflation was up 0.4 per cent in December 2015 compared to November, according to a report from Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi on Monday.
This reflects the net outcome of the rises and falls in the price of the goods and services of the consumer basket and during the aforesaid period.
The rise last month was mainly due to increase in prices of hotels and restaurants (up 3.8 per cent month-on-month) and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (up 1.6 per cent month-on-month).
The report analyses the consumer price index (CPI) calculations for the period under review, with the year 2007 fixed as the base year. It details CPI results by welfare levels, household types and geographical region.
The Abu Dhabi region accounted for 78.5 per cent of the 0.4 per cent increase in consumer prices during December 2015 compared with November, followed by Al Ain (18.9 per cent) and Al Gharbia region (2.6 per cent).
Consumer prices in Abu Dhabi nudged down 0.2 per cent in November 2015 compared with October 2015.
The largest falls recorded in November 2015 compared with October were in the transport group (down 3.0 per cent) and the furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance group (down 2.0 per cent).
