Consumer price index rose by 0.48% in first 9 months of 2020 — DoS

AMMAN — The consumer price index, a measurement of inflation, has increased in the first nine months of 2020 by 0.48 per cent, reaching 101.04 points compared with the same period in 2019, which stood at 100.56 points.

According to the Department of Statistics’ (DoS) monthly report, the general index of consumer prices for September 2020 went up by 0.10 per cent, reaching 101 points compared with 100.90 points for the same period in 2019, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.