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The next highest contributor to the overall year-over-year increase in the CPI over the period January-May 2010 was the "Food and non-alcoholic beverages group", which accounted for 26.8% of the rise in the index, due to increases in the prices of most of the subgroups falling under this group, namely "sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery", which shot up 34.1%, while "meat" prices grew by 10.3%, "pulses" by 6.6%, "foods not elsewhere classified" by 2.9%, "coffee, tea and cocoa" by 2.7% and "fruits" by 2.6%.
The "Education" group accounted for 24.1% of overall increase during the first 5 months of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009, reflecting a hike of more than 20% in education fees. The "transport" group contributed 7.4% to year-over year rise in consumer prices over the reporting period as a result of an increase of 1.9% in its component subgroups, namely, the "transport services" subgroup which advanced 6.6% and the "operation of personal transport equipment" subgroup, whose prices grew by 2.1% due to a rise in the "spare parts and accessories of personal transport equipment" by 2.4%, in addition to an increase of 3.3% in the prices of gasoline and diesel.
On the other hand, some of the main groups that slowed down consumer prices during the first 5 months of 2010 as compared to the same period of 2009. These include the "clothing and footwear," group, which contributed (- 32.9%) to the overall change in prices. The prices of this group retreated by 7.1% as a result of a drop in the prices of the "clothing" and "footwear" subgroups by 6.0% and 19.3%, respectively during the reference period. The "communications" group contributed (-12.8%) to the overall change in consumer prices during the period under review, owing to the drop in the prices of the "telephone and telefax equipment" and the "telephone and telefax services" subgroups by 11.00% and 4.4%, respectively. Lastly, the "miscellaneous goods and services" group contributed (-0.2%) to the overall change in the CPI during reference period, reflecting a decline of 0.1% in the prices of this group.
Compared to May 2009, average consumer’s prices advanced 3.02% in May 2010 as the CPI accelerated to 118.22 points in May 2010, up from 114.75 points in May 2009, reflecting the net price movement during the two months under comparison.
The main groups that showed an upward trend in prices during May 2010 compared to May 2009 were the "education" group which advanced 20.1%, followed by the "food and non-alcoholic beverages" group, which rose 6.7%, the "housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels" group, whose prices showed a surge of (5.5%); and the "transport" group, which climbed 5.1%.
On the other hand the communication group retreated by 11.3% due to a drop in the prices of the "telephone and telefax services", the "mail services" and the "telephone and telefax equipment" subgroups by 11.3%, 9.6% and 6.4% respectively, while the prices of the "clothing and footwear" group declined by 6.4% as the "clothing" and the "footwear" subgroups dipped 5.3% and 17.4%, respectively.
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