Morocco’s annual inflation eases to 1.7 pct in July

Rabat (Reuters) – Morocco’s consumer price inflation eased to an annual 1.7 percent in July from 1.9 percent in June, the country’s planning authority said on Wednesday.

Food prices clocked a 3.1 percent increase, the High Planning authority said.

Month on month, overall consumer price inflation was 0.3 percent.

(Reporting By Souhail Karam; Editing by John Stonestreet)