Inflation in Bahrain fell to 4.3 per cent in March, compared with 4.7 per cent in the previous month as inflation pressures across the region ease.
Bahrain's consumer price index (CPI) was 109.8 in March 2009, compared with 105.2 in March 2008.
Compared with February 2009 food, beverages and housing costs, the main drivers of inflation, were stable.
M3 money supply growth, the broadest measure of all the money in the economy, slowed to 17 per cent in February, down from 17.7 per cent in January and 21.9 per cent in December, indicating that inflationary pressure is beginning to ease.
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