August 9, 2023
The annual rate of consumer price index in July 2023 is 4.2 %, a year before was 7.5 %. Compared with June 2023 the monthly change of consumer price index is -0.1 %.
Contribution of main groups in yearly changes of CPI: Annual growth rate in July was influenced mostly from prices of group “Food and non-alcoholic beverage” by +3.20 p.p., followed by of “Furniture household goods and maintenance” group by +0.44 p.p.. Prices “Housing, water, electricity and other fuel” group contributed by +0.26 p.p.. Prices of “Hotels, coffee-house and restaurants” group contributed by +0.23 p.p.. Prices of “Recreation and culture” group contributed by +0.22 p.p.. Prices of “Miscellaneous goods and services” group contributed by +0.21 p.p. each of them. Prices of “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” group contributed by +0.19 p.p.. Prices of “Clothing and footwear” group contributed by +0.16 p.p.. Prices of “Education service” group contributed by +0.06 p.p.. Prices of “Health” group contributed by +0.05 p.p.. Price of “Communication” group contributed by +0.04 p.p..
Yearly rates of main groups: Compared to July 2022, prices increased the most in the “Recreation and culture” group by 9.5 %, followed by “Food and non-alcoholic beverage” by 9.0 %, “Furniture household goods and maintenance” by 6.0 %, “Hotels, coffee-house and restaurants” by 5.0 %, “Clothing and footwear” by 4.3 %, “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” by 3.8 %, “Miscellaneous goods and services” by 3.7 %, “Education service” by 2.0 %, “Housing, water, electricity and other fuel” by 1,3 %, “Communication” by 1.2 %, and “Health” by 1.1 %. On the other hand, prices of “Transport” group decreased by 12.4 %.
Within the food group prices of “vegetables included potatoes” subgroup signed an increased by 21.6 %, followed by “milk, cheese and eggs” by 13.8 %, “meat” by 11.2 %, “fruits” by 7.0 %, “fish” by 6.1 %, “sugar, jam honey, syrup, chocolates and sweets” by 3.6 %, “bread and cereals” by 2.9 %, etc. Monthly rates of main groups: Compared with June 2023 prices of “Recreation and culture”
decreased by 0.9 %, followed by “Food and non-alcoholic beverage” group by 0.6 %. On the other hand, prices of “Transport” increased by 0.7 %, followed by “Hotels, coffee-house and restaurants” by 0.6 %, “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” and “Clothing and footwear” by 0.4 % each of them, “Furniture household goods and maintenance”, “Health” and “Miscellaneous goods and services” by 0.2 % each of them.
Source: Instituti i Statistikave (INSTAT)
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