In October, consumer prices in the Serb Republic went up by 0.7% from September and were 6.6% up from a year earlier, the Republic’s Statistics Office said in a statement posted on its website.
The Serb Republic is one of the two autonomous parts forming war-divided Bosnia. The other is the ethnic Muslim-Croat Federation.
In the Federation, November consumer prices fell by a monthly 0.63% and were up by an annual 5.95%.
BOSNIA SERB REPUBLIC NOV CONSUMER PRICES (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
TOTAL | -0.6 | +5.1 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | -0.2 | +7.3 |
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco | No change | +1.7 |
Clothing & footwear | No change | -1.9 |
Housing, water, electricity & gas | +0.3 | +7.7 |
Furniture & household maintenance | +0.1 | +2.8 |
Health | +0.1 | +0.8 |
Transport | -5.3 | +4.3 |
Communications | +2.8 | +6.6 |
Recreation & culture | No change | +4.9 |
Education | No change | +1.1 |
Restaurants & hotels | +0.2 | +5.6 |
Other goods & services | No change | +3.6 |