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Consumer prices in Oman showed no growth from a year earlier in June of 2019, after rising 0.2 percent in the previous month. Transport cost was unchanged in June, compared with an increase of 0.8 percent in May while restaurant & hotels prices continued to show no growth, the same as in the prior month. At the same time, cost drop for housing & utilities (-0.2 percent from -0.3 percent); food & non-alcoholic beverages (-0.2 percent from 0.3 percent); clothing & footwear (-0.7 percent, the same as in May); miscellaneous goods & services (-1.8 percent from -2.3 percent); communication (-0.4 percent from -0.5 percent) and health (-0.5 percent, the same as in May) and inflation was steady for furniture & household equipment (at 4.9 percent); education (at 2 percent) and recreation & culture (at 0.9 percent). On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 0.2 percent, the same as in the prior month.

The annual inflation rate in Oman increased 0.22 percent year-on-year in May 2019, easing from a 0.40 percent rise the previous month. Prices advanced at a softer pace for food & non-alcoholic beverages (0.31 percent vs 1.15 percent in April) and restaurants & hotels (0.01 percent vs 0.09 percent) while cost continued to decline for housing & utilities (-0.27 percent vs -0.26 percent) and for clothing & footwear (-0.71 percent vs -0.66 percent). On the other hand, prices rose faster for transport (0.78 percent vs 0.71 percent) and furniture & household equipment (4.88 percent vs 4.35 percent) while inflation was steady for recreation & culture (at 0.90 percent) and education (at 1.99 percent). On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 0.17 percent, after a 0.20 percent rise in April.

The annual inflation rate in Oman stood at 0.4 percent in April 2019, unchanged from the previous month. It remained the highest inflation rate since December 2018, as transport cost rebounded (0.7 percent vs -0.9 percent in March). Meantime, prices advanced at a softer pace for food & non-alcoholic beverages (1.2 percent vs 2.3 percent) and restaurants & hotels (0.1 percent vs 0.2 percent) while cost declined for housing & utilities (-0.3 percent from a flat reading in March); communication (-0.4 percent vs -0.3 percent) and miscellaneous goods & services (-2.0 percent vs -2.3 percent). On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 0.2 percent, from a flat reading in March.

The annual inflation rate in Oman was flat in March 2019 from 0.2 percent in the previous month. On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 0.4 percent, reversing from a 0.1 percent fall in the previous month and marking the first monthly increase since October last year.