Muscat, October 24 (QNA) – The inflation rate of the Consumer Price Index in the Sultanate of Oman reached 2.4% during September 2022, according to the data of the monthly consumer price survey issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information.
The data showed an increase in the prices of the main commodity groups in September 2022 compared to the same month of 2021, such as the education group by 5.1%, the health group by 3.5% and the food group by 5%.
The transportation group rose by 3.1% and the groups of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels increased by 0.3%, while the communications group decreased by 0.1%. (QNA)