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The high rate of inflation during the month of July in Iraq 2021-08-18 08:46 Shafaq News/ Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Planning announced an increase in the inflation rate during the month of July by (0.6%), compared to the previous month of June, in which the rate of increase was (0.7%). In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul-Zahra Al-Hindawi, attributed the reasons to the increase in the prices of the housing department, by (1.5%), affected by the rise in the prices of water and electricity supplies, as a result of the increase in subscription wages to generators in most governorates of Iraq, adding that the Entertainment Department It also recorded an increase during the month of July by (0.7%). Due to the increase in the prices of tourist trips, while the Transportation Department recorded a rise of 0.6%, as a result of the increase in the prices of airline tickets. He continued by saying that the Central Statistics Organization, when its field teams monitored the movement of prices for more than (333) goods and services, in the local markets for the month of July, recorded an increase in the annual inflation rate compared to July of last year 2020, which amounted to (7.4%). .
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After changing the exchange rate, the inflation rate rose by 3.3% 13:30 - 24/01/2021 The information / Baghdad .. The Central Bureau of Statistics of the Ministry of Planning released its qualitative report for the Consumer Price Index for the month of December of 2020, which is the first report issued by the agency after changing the exchange rate. The official spokesman for the Ministry of Planning, Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi, said in a statement that the information received, a copy of it, that “the report showed an increase in inflation indicators for the month of last December by (3.3%), compared to the previous month, while the annual inflation rate increased compared to December 2019 by (3.2%) affected by the change in the dollar exchange rate. Al-Hindawi added, "The prices of the tobacco section increased by (10.1%) due to the increase in the prices of imported cigarettes, and the health department also recorded an increase in its prices, which reached (8.8%), and the prices of the entertainment section increased by (7.5%) due to the high prices of reception equipment and pictures. Such as televisions, cameras and computers. The transportation department also registered an increase by (7.2%), due to the high prices of cars, especially private cars, as well as the increase in the prices of bicycles and the prices of spare parts such as tires and batteries. He explained, "The prices of the goods and services section increased by (4.9%), as a result of the rise in gold prices throughout IraqThe prices of the household equipments, equipments and maintenance section also recorded an increase by (3.7%) due to the increase in the prices of the household appliances and the furniture group, while the prices of the housing section increased by (3.2%), as a result of the increase in the prices of the water and electricity supply group, and the increase was concentrated in The generators ’subscription fees, while the rate of increase in the prices of the call section was (3%) due to the increase in the prices of mobile phones, and the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Department recorded a slight increase of (0.5%), due to the increase in the prices of the batches of bread, grains, meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs, and oils Sugar, non-alcoholic beverages. Al-Hindawi pointed out to "the increase in the base inflation rate during the month of last December by (4%), compared to the previous month of November, while the annual base inflation rate recorded an increase of 4.2% compared to the same month of 2019." End / 25