Prices of goods and services for personal consumption, measured by consumer price index, in August 2024, as compared to July 2024, increased by 0.4% on average. Consumer prices in August 2024, as compared to August 2023, increased by 2.2% on average. This was influenced mostly by increase in prices of: vegetables; accommodation services; non-durable household goods; telephone and telefax services; maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment; meat; restaurants, cafes and the like. Consumer prices in period January-August 2024 compared to the same period of previous year, were higher for 4.3% in average.
Observing the main groups by purpose of consumption, in August 2024 as compared to July 2024, monthly increase of prices was noticed in the following groups: Restaurants and hotels (2.5%); Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance (1.7%); Communication (1.5%); Food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.0%); Miscellaneous goods and services (0.8%); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (0.5%); Recreation and culture (0.3%); Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (0.1%); Health (0.1%), while decrease of prices was recorded in the following groups: Clothing and footwear (-3.5%); Transport (-1.1%).
Prices of other products and services mostly remained unchanged.

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