Abu Dhabi: Statistics Centre — Abu Dhabi on Sunday issued its monthly report on the consumer price index (CPI) and the inflation rate in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for November 2015, compared with the previous month.
The report analyses the CPI calculations for the period under review, with the year 2007 fixed as the base year. It also details CPI results by welfare levels, household types and geographical region.
As monthly price data reveal, consumer prices nudged down 0.2 per cent in November 2015 compared with October 2015. This fall 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 largest falls recorded in November 2015 compared with October 2015, were observed in the ‘Transport’ group (down 3.0 per cent) and the — Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance’ group (down 2.0 per cent).
A breakdown of the 0.2 per cent fall in consumer prices during November 2015 compared with October 2015 by welfare level resulted in a decreases of 0.1 per cent in consumer prices for households of the bottom welfare level, 0.3 per cent for households of the middle-quintile and 0.2 per cent for the top welfare level.
Detailed by household type, the 0.2 per cent fall in consumer prices during November 2015 compared with October 2015 impacted consumer prices for citizen- and share households by falls of 0.4 per cent and 0.1 per cent, respectively. As a breakdown by region reveals, Abu Dhabi region accounted for 55.0 per cent of the 0.2 per cent fall in consumer prices during November 2015 compared with October 2015, followed by Al Ain (24.7 per cent) and Al Gharbia region (20.3 per cent).
