RIYADH: Oman’s consumer prices rose 3.8 percent year on year in May, with transport and miscellaneous personal goods and services recording the sharpest increases, official data showed. According to the National Center for Statistics and Information, the average inflation rate for the January-May period stood at 2.8 percent, the Oman News Agency reported. Oman’s inflation rate exceeded the latest reported readings across much of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Saudi Arabia’s CPI rose 1.8 percent year on year in May, while Kuwait’s inflation stood at 2.49 percent in the same month.

Prices of the housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels group decreased slightly by 0.3%

RIYADH: Kuwait’s annual inflation rate eased to 2.49 percent in May, driven by higher prices for food, healthcare, clothing, education, and miscellaneous goods, new figures…