UPDATE 1 - Bulgaria's inflation rate flat at 2.9% y/y in August

On a monthly comparison basis, consumer prices edged up 0.1% in August, after growing 0.8% in July, NSI said in a statement.

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which have the largest weight in the consumer basket, increased 5.2% year-on-year in the eighth month of 2019, while prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels rose 3.8%.

Prices in the transport segment decreased by 1.3% on the year in the review period.

Bulgaria’s EU-harmonised consumer price index (HICP) added 2.5% on the year in August and edged up 0.2% compared to July.