The annual inflation rate for Qatar eased last month – from 2.5 percent down to 2.1 percent – for the first time this year, in part due to transport costs.

Annual inflation has been steadily climbing since last December, but experts say it is relatively stable.

Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce, a senior Middle East and North Africa economist for Standard Chartered Bank, tells Reuters:

“The uptick in inflation, we don’t see it as a new beginning of major inflationary pressures.”

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