In September, consumer prices in the Serb Republic remained unchanged from August and were 8.7% 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, consumer prices rose by a monthly 0.14% and were up by an annual 8.73% in September, the last month for which data were available.
BOSNIA SERB REPUBLIC OCT CONSUMER PRICES (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
TOTAL | +0.7 | +6.6 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | -0.6 | +9.0 |
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco | No change | +1.7 |
Clothing & footwear | No change | -1.7 |
Housing, water, electricity & gas | +10.1 | +7.5 |
Furniture & household maintenance | +0.4 | +2.8 |
Health | -0.1 | +0.6 |
Transport | -2.4 | +13.0 |
Communications | No change | +3.6 |
Recreation & culture | -0.1 | +4.8 |
Education | No change | +1.5 |
Restaurants & hotels | +0.2 | +6.2 |
Other goods & services | +0.4 | +3.3 |