Consumer price index in August was mainly influenced by food and housing
Goods were 6.8% and services 3.2% more expensive compared to August of the previous year.
Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 7.7% and non-regulated prices by 4.7% compared to August of the previous year.
Compared to August of the previous year, the index was mainly influenced by a 10.8% price increase of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which gave almost a half of the total increase of the index. Housing expenditures gave nearly a quarter of the total increase, of which price increase of electricity, heat energy and fuel by 8.4% gave two thirds. Compared to the same period a year ago, the prices of coffee (58%) and sugar (55%) have increased the most. More than a 30% increase was reported in the prices of apples, groats, vegetable oil and flour (37%, 36%, 36% and 31%, respectively). Eggs were 15% and other fruits 13% cheaper than last year.
In August compared to July, the consumer price index was mainly influenced by the price increase of electricity by 8.3% and the seasonal decrease in the prices of vegetables by 9%. The offers of mobile telecommunication services, end of sales of clothing and footwear, 2.2% price increase of motor fuel and 23% price decrease of potatoes also had a bigger impact on the index. Compared to July, grapes were by 36% and fresh cabbage by 27% cheaper.
| Commodity group | August 2010 – August 2011, % | July 2011 – August 2011, % |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | 10.8 | -1.0 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| Clothing and footwear | 5.2 | 2.7 |
| Housing | 7.3 | 2.8 |
| Household goods | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Health | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Transport | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Communications | -9.3 | -3.6 |
| Recreation and culture | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Education | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| Hotels, cafés and restaurants | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 2.3 | 0.4 |