In August, consumer prices in the Serb Republic went up by 0.2% from July and were 9.4% higher than 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, September consumer prices rose by a monthly 0.14% and were up by an annual 8.73%.
BOSNIA SERB REPUBLIC SEPT CONSUMER PRICES (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
TOTAL | No change | +8.7 |
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | +0.2 | +12.1 |
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco | +0.1 | +2.0 |
Clothing & footwear | -0.2 | -2.0 |
Housing, water, electricity & gas | +0.5 | +13.6 |
Furniture & household maintenance | +0.3 | +2.4 |
Health | -0.2 | +1.0 |
Transport | -1.3 | +16.6 |
Communications | No change | +3.6 |
Recreation & culture | +0.2 | +4.9 |
Education | +0.7 | +1.5 |
Restaurants & hotels | +0.6 | +6.3 |
Other goods & services | +0.2 | +3.2 |