September 13 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria posted an annual consumer price inflation of 3.5% in August, same as in July, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, consumer prices added 0.1% in August, after rising by 0.7% in July, NSI said in its monthly inflation report.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which have the largest weight of 31.34% in the consumer basket, increased 2.9% year-on-year in August.
Prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (18.23% weight) grew 4.8% on the year, while transport prices (8.76% weight) rose 9.0%.
Bulgaria’s EU-harmonised consumer price index (HICP) rose 3.7% on the year in August and was 0.3% higher compared to July.