In October, headline inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2 percentage points to 7.2 percent from 7.0 percent in September. Inflation increased across most commodity groups, including: food and non-alcoholic beverages (from 3.3 percent to 3.4 percent); alcohol and tobacco (from 8.8 percent to 9.0 percent); clothing and footwear (from 7.7 percent to 8.7 percent); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (from 6.4 percent to 6.7 percent); recreation and culture (from 6.4 percent to 6.7 percent); restaurants and hotels (from 9.3 percent to 10.8 percent); and miscellaneous goods and services (from 7.2 percent to 7.3 percent). There was, however, a small decline in inflation for transport (from 11.4 percent to 11.3 percent), while inflation remained unchanged for furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance, health, communication and education, at 9.0 percent, 3.3 percent, 1.8 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively. The trimmed mean measure of core inflation rose by 0.2 percentage points, from 7.4 percent to 7.6 percent, while the inflation rate excluding administered prices increased by 0.3 percentage points from 6.5 percent to 6.8 percent.


Access the October CPI brief from the Central Statistics Office website