The consumer price index rose by only a quarter of one percent during the last two weeks of December after rising a half of one percent during the first two weeks, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics Wednesday.
The overall inflation rate for December, due to be published January 15, is expected to be about one percent and remain around that level in January and February.
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