In October, the consumer price index (CPI) in the Federation went up by 0.76% from September and was 7.95% higher than a year earlier, the Federal Statistics Office said in a statement.
The Muslim-Croat Federation is one of the two autonomous parts forming war-divided Bosnia. The other is the Serb Republic.
In the Serb Republic, November consumer prices fell by 0.6% on the month and were up by an annual 5.1%.
BOSNIA'S FEDERATION NOV CONSUMER PRICES (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
TOTAL | -0.63 | +5.95 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | -0.37 | +9.38 |
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco | +0.09 | +1.40 |
Clothing & footwear | -0.36 | -3.53 |
Housing, water, electricity & gas | +1.69 | +12.14 |
Furniture & household maintenance | +0.24 | +3.33 |
Health | +0.07 | -0.55 |
Transport | -5.66 | +1.72 |
Communications | -0.03 | +4.80 |
Recreation & culture | -0.05 | +6.47 |
Education | +0.60 | -2.04 |
Restaurants & hotels | +1.04 | +7.75 |
Other goods & services | +0.02 | +4.38 |
Note: The Federal Statistics Office measures the CPI data according to COICOP (Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose), which divides the purpose of individual consumption expenditures by three institutional sectors – household, non-profit institutions and general government.