Riyadh – Mubasher: Saudi Arabia’s consumer price index (CPI), which is also known as inflation, decreased 2.2% year-on-year in February, the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) reported.

The CPI registered 105.7 points last month, down from 108.1 points in February 2018, the state-run statistics agency added.

Month-on-month, the kingdom’s inflation inched down 0.2%, from 105.9 points in January.