In nominal terms, the average August net monthly salary was lower by 0.2% on the month, the Republic's Statistics Office said in a statement on its website.
In July, the average net monthly salary in the Serb Republic fell by a real 1.3% month-on-month to 792 marka.
Details follow (in Bosnian marka):
Aug'09 | July'09 | Aug'08 | |
Net salary | 790 | 792 | 779 |
Gross salary | 1,208 | 1,211 | 1,169 |
Net salary pct change in August | Nominal | Real |
m/m | -0.2 | 0.0 |
vs 2008 monthly avg | +4.6 | +5.5 |
NOTES: Consumer prices in the Serb Republic, which together with the Muslim-Croat Federation forms post-war Bosnia, increased by 1.0% month-on-month in August but were 0.9% lower on the year.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)