Annual inflation reached 0.4 percent in February, a new record low, slightly below the level recorded in January 2015 of 0.41 percent, National Institute of Statistics (INS) showed on Tuesday.
Consumer prices, on average, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), were 0.3 percent higher in February 2015 than in January 2015. The tariffs for services dropped 0.2 percent. Consumer prices, as measured by the HICP (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices), experienced a 0.4 percent increase.
Consumer prices, as measured by the CPI and the HICP, were 0.4 percent higher in February 2015 than in February 2014.
According to INS data, the prices of food goods fell by 0.5 percent. The average price increase based on the CPI in the last 12 months (March 2014?February 2015) as compared to the previous 12 months (March 2013?February 2014) was 1 percent. The prices increase based on the HICP was 1.2 percent.
Thus, in February 2015 compared with the same month of the last year, the highest growth rates were recorded in services, by 1.53 percent, followed by non-food prices, by 0.65 percent, while food goods were cheaper to 0, 47 percent.
The monthly increase of prices was on average by 0.33 percent in February compared with January, but the rates of service group decreased by 0.2 percent. The most in February increased the prices for food goods compared to January, by 0.53 percent and by 0.39 percent for non-foodstuff.
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