Economic updates
Our in-depth, independent reports cover the macroeconomic environment, the Saudi government’s annual budget, and Saudi Arabia’s monetary and financial developments, labor market, and inflation.
Inflation report – February 2012
Another increase in rents lifted year-on-year inflation to 5.4 percent in February, the highest since December 2010, from 5.3 percent in January. Other domestic inflationary pressures continued to rise.
Inflation report – March 2012
Year-on-year inflation stayed at 5.4 percent in March. Higher food prices offset falls in almost every othercomponent of the cost of living index