In July, the annual rate of inflation stood at 1.2 per cent. A year earlier the annual rate was 0.6 per cent, the National Statistics Office said today..
The largest upward impacts on annual inflation were brought about by the Food and Nonalcoholic Beverages Index (0.4 percentage points), Miscellaneous Goods and Services Index (0.2 percentage points) and Recreation and Culture Index (0.2 percentage points).
These were mainly due to higher prices for vegetables, services offered by retirement homes and subscriptions at fi tness centres and gymnasia respectively.
The main downward impact was recorded in the Transport Index (0.3 percentage points), due to lower fuel prices.
The twelve-month moving average rate was 0.8 per cent.