The consumer price index for Abu Dhabi decreased by 2.6% in March 2020 to 107.6% compared to 110.5% in March 2019, and with 109.3% For the month of February 2020.
According to the Emirates News Agency, the Abu Dhabi Statistics Center issued on the Consumer Price Index for March 2020 - indicated that the average consumer price decreased by 2.2%, to reach 108.9% during the first quarter of 2020, compared to 111.3% for the same period in 2019.
The report showed that consumer prices for families in the lower welfare segment decreased by 1.9%, for families in the middle welfare segment by 2.2%, and for families in the upper welfare segment by 2.1%, during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
According to the report, the decrease in consumer prices during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 affected the average consumer prices of citizenship families, which led to a decrease of 2.0% and 2.3% for non-citizenship, while the group of collective families decreased by 2.2%.
Regarding the contributions of the 12 major spending groups, classified according to the international classification, individual consumption according to the purpose. The contribution of the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels group came in at 70.3% of the total rate of decline during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period of In 2019, its prices decreased by 4.8%.
A variety of goods and services contributed 19.2% to the overall rate of decline during the period January - March 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, when the prices of this group decreased by 5.5%.
As for the group of supplies, household equipment and routine home maintenance, it contributed 15.5% of the overall rate of decline during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, after prices decreased by 4.6%.
