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Algeria annual inflation to March at 7pc
ALGIERS: Algeria's annual consumer price inflation stood at 7 percent until the end of March compared with 4.7
ALGIERS: Algeria's annual consumer price inflation stood at 7 percent until the end of March compared with 4.7 percent a year earlier the National Statistics Office said.
Inflation reached 1.6 percent in March compared with the previous month after a 1.8 percent rise in food prices, it said.
Prices for fruits, vegetables and chicken were up 7.8 percent, 8 percent and 12.6 percent respectively from February.
The government, in a bid to ease financial pressure after a fall in energy earnings, has approved import restrictions, causing food shortages that pushed up some food prices amid poor domestic production.
Algeria's 2016 full-year inflation reached 6.4 percent, up from 4.8 percent the previous year.
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