SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 21 (SeeNews) – Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual inflation slowed to 1.0% in June, from 2.2% in May, the country's statistical office said on Friday.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 0.7% year-on-year in June, alcoholic beverages and tobacco increased by 4.5%, and prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels rose by 0.8%, Bosnia's Agency for Statistics said in a monthly inflation report.
Prices of transport increased by 4.9% year-on-year in June, healthcare services by 0.7%, education by 0.9%, communications by 0.6%, recreation and culture by 1.1% and restaurant and hotel services by 0.2%.
On a monthly comparison basis, Bosnia's consumer prices edged down 0.5% in June, after rising 1.0% in May. Lower prices were recorded in the sectors of food and non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic drinks and tobacco, clothing and footwear, transport and other goods and services.
In 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina annual deflation expanded to 1.1% from 1.0% in 2015.