AMMAN — Food
prices in Jordan increased by 0.6 percent by the end of last July, according to
a monthly report from the
World Bank. This comes at a time when food price
inflation remains high globally.
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The report also
indicates that
food prices in Jordan had declined by 1 percent at the end of
June and by 1.9 percent at the end of May. This follows a modest increase of
0.8 percent in April, Al Mamlaka TV reported.
In a previous
bulletin issued last month, it was noted that the rise in
food prices in Jordan in April was relatively minor and lower than the rates observed in the previous
year. This is despite small increases of 0.7 percent in February and 1 percent
in March. In May of the previous year, the inflation rate had reached 5.8
percent.
In its monthly
report on the
general Consumer Price Index (inflation) for August, the General
Statistics Department reported an increase of 0.88 percent, which is less than
one percentage point compared to the same month of 2022. Additionally, there
was a slight increase of 0.20 percent. compared to the preceding month of the
same year.
Cumulatively, the
Consumer Price Index for the first eight months of this year witnessed a 2.45
percent increase compared to the same period in 2022.
Globally, food
price inflation continues to be a concern in all regions of the world, as
highlighted by the World Bank. The data collected between May and August of the
previous year indicates an increase in inflation rates in many low- and
middle-income countries, with inflation exceeding 5 percent.
Furthermore, 73.2
percent of high-income countries are grappling with high food price inflation.
The most affected
countries are found in Africa, North America, Latin America, South Asia,
Europe, and Central Asia. In real terms, food price inflation has surpassed
overall inflation, which is measured as the change in the overall Consumer
Price Index from year to year, in 81 percent of the 162 countries with
available food and overall Consumer Price Index data.
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