In August, the consumer price index (CPI) in the Federation went down by 0.04% from July and was 9.59% 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, consumer prices rose by 0.2% on the month and were up by an annual 9.4% in August, the last month for which data were available.
BOSNIA'S FEDERATION SEPTEMBER CONSUMER PRICES (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
TOTAL | +0.14 | +8.73 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | +0.38 | +13.23 |
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco | -0.09 | +1.10 |
Clothing & footwear | +0.08 | -1.47 |
Housing, water, electricity & gas | +0.43 | +10.47 |
Furniture & household maintenance | +0.30 | +3.51 |
Health | +0.02 | -1.55 |
Transport | -1.64 | +13.13 |
Communications | No change | +4.77 |
Recreation & culture | +3.28 | +6.79 |
Education | -3.19 | -0.53 |
Restaurants & hotels | +0.87 | +10.88 |
Other goods & services | +0.28 | +4.31 |
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.