RABAT: Morocco’s annual inflation, measured by the consumer price index, rose to 0.4% in May from 0.2% a month earlier, Morocco’s statistics agency said on Friday.

Food prices, the main driver for inflation in Morocco, dropped by 1.3% from a year earlier, while non-food inflation increased by 1.7%.

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Core inflation, which excludes more volatile goods, was up 0.1% month-on-month and 2.2% year-on-year.