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27.02.2017
Consumer price index (CPI) January 2017

Monthly inflation in January 2017 was 0.3%
 
Monthly inflation measured by Consumer price index was 0.3% in January 2017, while the annual inflation was 2.0%. This was influenced mostly by increase in prices of: fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment; vegetables; electricity; solid fuels; etc.
 
Observing the main groups monthly growth of prices was noticed in the following groups: Transport (4.8%); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (1.0%), Food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.6%); Miscellaneous goods and service (0.3%); Health (0.1%), while a drop of prices was recorded in the following groups: Clothing and footwear (-6.3%); Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (-0.2%).
 
Prices of other products and services mostly remained unchanged.
 

Positive annual inflation rates in January 2017 were observed in the following groups: Transport (8.6%); Health (3.7%); Restaurants and hotels (3.1%); Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (3.0%); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (2.5%); Food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.2%); Clothing and footwear (0.5%); Communications (0.3%); Recreation and culture (0.2%), while negative annual inflation rates were observed in the following groups: Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (-1.9%); Miscellaneous goods and service (-0.6%). 

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