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By Reuters Staff
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DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s inflation rate quickened to 5.3% in April from 4.9% the previous month, still reflecting an increase in value-added tax last year, official data showed.
The 5.3% annual increase was mainly due to higher food and transport prices, the General Authority for Statistics said.
“Prices of food and beverages recorded the highest annual increase of 8.4%, mainly due to the increase in food prices,” it said.
On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices increased 0.2%.
Annual inflation was 3.4% in 2020, picking up in the second half of the year after Saudi authorities tripled a value-added tax to 15% to bolster coffers hurt by the coronavirus crisis and lower oil prices.
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