Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics (MDPS) have released the Consumer Price Index* (CPI) for December 2013. The CPI of December, 2013, remains unchanged at the previous month’s level (CPI of November 2013) of 115.5. However, it shows an increase of 2.7% when compared to the CPI of December, 2012. Month-on-Month comparison of CPI of December, 2013 with that of the previous month (CPI of November, 2013) by major groups: Price increases of 0.2% each have been noticed in the groups: “Food, beverages & tobacco” “Garments & Footwear”, and “Rentals, Fuel and Energy”.  On the other hand “Miscellaneous Goods & Services” group shows a price decline of 0.8%, the “Transport & Communications” prices fell by 0.2%. The year-on-year comparison, of CPI of December 2013 with that of December 2012, shows an increase of 2.7% at the overall level. Price increases have been registered in most of the groups: “Entertainment, Recreation & Culture” by 5.2%, “Rentals, Fuel & Energy” by 4.8%, “Furniture, Textiles & Home Appliances” by 4.0% and “Food, Beverages & tobacco” by 3.1%. However prices of “Miscellaneous goods & services” show a decline of 5.4%. A CPI exclusive of “Rentals, Fuel and Energy” group has also been calculated. After eliminating the effect of Rentals, the overall index have reached 126.6, showing a fall of 0.1% compared to the CPI of November 2013, and a rise of 1.9% when compared to the CPI of December 2012. More details on consumer price indices are available on QALAM: www.qix.gov.qa. For more details  __________________________________________________________________________ * Base year is 2007. * Fuel and energy for the household use.