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12.04.2018
Consumer price index (CPI) March 2018
Monthly inflation in March 2018 was 0.2%
Monthly inflation measured by Consumer price index was 0.2% in March 2018, while the annual inflation was 2.9%. This was influenced mostly by increase in prices of: vegetables; garments; fruit; shoes and other footwear; non-durable household goods; meat; milk, cheese and eggs; fish and seafood; other appliances, articles and products for personal care.
Observing the main groups monthly growth of prices was noticed in the following groups: Clothing and footwear (1.8%); Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.6%); Food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.4%); Miscellaneous goods and service (0.2%); Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (0.1%), while a drop of prices was recorded in the following groups: Transport (-0.3%); Restaurants and hotels (-0.3%); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (-0.2%).
Positive annual inflation rates in March 2018 were observed in the following groups: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (30.8%); Clothing and footwear (6.9%); Restaurants and hotels (6.4%); Transport (4.4%); Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (2.0%); Miscellaneous goods and service (1.9%); Communication (1.8%); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (0.9%); Health (0.3%), while negative annual inflation rates were observed in the following groups: Food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.6%); Recreation and culture (-0.1%).
