Jan 12 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre (SCAD)

released the following December consumer price data for the Gulf

Arab emirate on Saturday.

ABU DHABI CONSUMER INFLATION 12/12 11/12 12/11

pct change month/month -0.3 -0.1 -0.2

pct change year/year 0.7 0.8 1.2

NOTE. Housing and utility costs, which account for almost 38

percent of consumer expenses, fell 1.1 percent year-on-year in

December.

The largest increase in prices was in restaurants and

hotels, which jumped 14.5 percent in December over the last

month of 2011, while clothing and footwear prices rose 4

percent.

Inflation for the 12 months of 2012 was 1.1 percent.

Analysts polled by Reuters in September expected average

inflation in the United Arab Emirates federation, where Abu

Dhabi is one of seven members, at 1.3 percent in 2012 after 0.9

percent in 2011.

(Reporting by Angus McDowall; editing by Patrick Graham)

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