Cairo – Mubasher: Egypt's annual headline inflation rate recorded 8.0% in September, compared to 3.3% in the same month a year earlier, official data showed.
Month-on-month (MoM), the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.6% to 116.1 points during September, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said in a statement on Sunday.
The rise in inflation rate was mainly attributed to higher prices of vegetables by 23.5%, meat and poultry by 3.2%, fruits by 1.7%, dairy products and eggs by 0.8%, and oils and fats by 0.3%.
Moreover, the prices of outpatient clinic services increased by 0.7%, hospital services by 0.7%, medical equipment and products by 0.4%, private transportation fees by 0.9%, transportation services by 0.2%, and ready-made meals by 0.6%.