Month-on-month, Croatia's consumer price index (CPI) went up 0.5% in August after falling by 1.0% a month earlier, the statistics office said on its website.
Details follow (pct change):
CPI | August'12 | July'12 | August'11 |
month-on-month | +0.5 | -1.0 | -0.1 |
year-on-year | +4.0 | +3.4 | +2.0 |
August CPI - breakdown by sector (pct change):
m/m | y/y | |
Food, soft drinks | +0.8 | +4.7 |
Alcoholic drinks, tobacco | +0.7 | +4.6 |
Clothing, footwear | -5.0 | -4.3 |
Rent, water, fuels, power | +0.5 | +13.1 |
Furniture, equipment | -0.1 | +1.7 |
Health | 0 | +2.5 |
Transport | +2.8 | +1.7 |
Communications | 0 | -2.3 |
Recreation, entertainment | +0.3 | +2.6 |
Education | -0.3 | -0.5 |
Catering, accommodation services | -2.0 | +0.1 |
Miscellaneous goods, services | +0.1 | +2.5 |