Prices of goods and services for personal consumption, measured by consumer price index, in June 2024, as compared to May 2024, increased by 0.1% on average. Consumer prices in June 2024, as compared to June 2023, increased by 4.1% on average. This was influenced mostly by increase in prices of: accommodation services; fruit; meat; milk, cheese and eggs; passenger transport by air; coffee, tea and cocoa; mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices; oils and fats. Consumer prices in period January-June 2024 compared to the same period of previous year, were higher for 4.8% in average.

Observing the main groups by purpose of consumption, in June 2024 as compared to May 2024, monthly increase of prices was noticed in the following groups: Restaurants and hotels (3.6%); Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.9%); Miscellaneous goods and services (0.9%); Health (0.5%); Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (0.2%); Food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.1%); Recreation and culture (0.1%), while decrease of prices was recorded in the following groups: Clothing and footwear (-1.7%); Transport (-0.7%); Communication (-0.1%).

Prices of other products and services mostly remained unchanged.

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