Saudi inflation dropped back to 5.3% y/y in the final month of last year as softer food and housing inflation more than offset a further rise in health inflation to a two-year high. The effects of July’s VAT hike will continue to keep the headline rate elevated until the middle of this year, but we think that weak domestic demand to dampen underlying price pressures.
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