Saudi Arabia’s inflation jumps 6.1 percent following VAT tax hike

  • Date: 16-Aug-2020
  • Source: Al Arabiya
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia’s inflation jumps 6.1 percent following VAT tax hike

Saudi Arabia's consumer price index jumped 6.1 percent in July compared with a year earlier, boosted by a tripling of value-added tax, official data showed on Sunday.The inflation rate in June was 0.5Saudi Arabia's consumer price index jumped 6.1 percent in July compared with a year earlier, boosted by a tripling of value-added tax, official data showed on Sunday.The inflation rate in June was 0.5