{"id":109955,"date":"2025-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/abu-dhabi-inflation-surges-1-5-in-october\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:00:00","slug":"abu-dhabi-inflation-surges-1-5-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/12\/03\/abu-dhabi-inflation-surges-1-5-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi inflation surges 1.5% in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abu<\/strong> D<\/strong>habi\u2019s <\/strong>consumer price index soared 1.5% in October<\/strong>, the highest increase since February 2023, following <\/span>September\u2019s<\/a> slight 0.2% uptick, according to <\/span>data (pdf)<\/a> from the Abu Dhabi Statistics Center. On a monthly basis, inflation rose 0.7%, after inching up 0.5% in September, separate <\/span>data (pdf)<\/a> shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prices of ins. and financial services led annual increases in October<\/strong>, climbing 6.6% and mirroring rises in September. This was followed by a 5% uptick in costs across the household equipment and routine household maintenance segment, while housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels \u2014 the largest component in the index \u2014 rose 3.2%. Personal care, social protection, and miscellaneous goods went up 2.6%, while transport prices, the second-largest component, jumped 2.4% \u2014 its first increase since June 2024. Restaurants and hotels climbed a notable 2.3%, while tobacco prices (+0.9%), communication (+0.6%), and food and beverage prices (+0.4%) also edged up.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few sectors are still in deflation territory on a y-o-y basis<\/strong>, including clothing and footwear, which recorded the most significant dip for the fourth consecutive month (-9.2%), and recreation and culture, down 1.5%.<\/p>\n

On a monthly basis<\/strong>, recreation and culture recorded the highest increase among all categories, rising 3.5%, followed by a 1.1% increase for both restaurants and hotels and transport. Personal care, social protection, and miscellaneous goods and household equipment and routine household maintenance both recorded a 0.9% m-o-m increase. Food and beverages saw a slight 0.1% m-o-m rise, while clothing and footwear was the only category in m-o-m deflation.<\/p>\n

Abu Dhabi inflation is still much cooler than in Dub<\/strong>ai<\/strong>, where annual inflation accelerated<\/a> to 3.36% in October, up from 2.88% in September.<\/p>\n

The bigger picture: <\/strong>Back in September, the Central Bank of the UAE lowered<\/a> its inflation forecast for the UAE this year by 0.4 percentage points to 1.5%, which it attributed to falling food and transport costs<\/a>. This is broadly in line with the IMF\u2019s revised inflation forecast<\/a> of 1.6% in 2025 \u2014 a significant downgrade from the fund\u2019s earlier estimate of 2.1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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