Doha: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2021 reached 99.06 points showing an increase of 0.03 percent compared to the CPI of August 2021. Compared to CPI of September 2020, (Y-o-Y basis), an increase of 2.71 percent has been recorded in the general index (CPI) of this month, according to the data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority.
An analysis (on M-o-M basis) of CPI for September 2021 compared with CPI, August 2021, showed that there were five main groups, where respective indices in this month have increased, namely: ‘Clothing and Footwear’ by 2.80 percent, ‘Food and Beverages’ by 1.78 percent, ‘Furniture and Household Equipment’ by 0.03 percent, ‘Education’ and ‘Miscellaneous Goods and Services’ by 0.01 percent each. A decrease has been recorded in: ‘Transport’ by 2.11 percent, ‘Communication’ by 0.26 percent, and ‘Restaurants and Hotels’ by 0.07 percent. ‘Tobacco’, ‘Housing, Water, Electricity and other Fuel’, ‘Health’ and ‘Recreation and Culture’ had remained flat at the last month’s price level.
A comparison of the CPI, September 2021 with the CPI, September 2020, an increase of 2.71 percent has been recorded in the index. This increase primary due to the prices rising in nine groups namely: ‘Recreation and Culture’ by 13.35 percent, followed by ‘Food and Beverages’ by 4.14 percent, ‘Transport’ by 9.36 percent, ‘Furniture and Household Equipment’ and ‘Education’ by 2.38 percent each.
