Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages marked a 0.4% increase, including: vegetables (3%), fish (2.1%), milk, cheese and eggs (1.2%). At the same time, prices decreased for the subgroup of oils and fats (-2%) and fruit and grapes (-1.1%).
Prices increased by 1.2% for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, while - for tobacco alone had increased by 2.2%.
Prices for the group involving housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels increased by 0.8%. The prices were higher for actual rentals for housing (2.1%).
Transportation prices had decreased by 2.7%, including a decrease for services (-2.9 %), operation of personal transport (-2.8%) and purchase of vehicles (-1.5%).
Overall, in December the consumer price index decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous month while the annual inflation rate amounted to 9.8%.
Regarding the annual core inflation, prices increased by 6.9%, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to 6.8%.
As for annual inflation, prices increased in the group of food and non-alcoholic beverages (+16.8%), housing, water, electricity, gas and other types of fuel (+15.8%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+9.3%) and transport (+5.5%).