Inflation in Slovakia up by 2.3% in February

Inflation in Slovakia up by 2.3% in February
Year-on-year inflation in Slovakia increased by 2.3% in February, with core inflation amounting to 1.9% and net inflation at 1.7%, the Slovak Statistics Office reports / bne IntelliNews
By bne IntelliNews March 18, 2019

Year-on-year inflation in Slovakia increased by 2.3% in February, with core inflation amounting to 1.9% and net inflation at 1.7%, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on March 14.

Month-on-month total inflation was affected by core inflation by 0.18 percentage points (pp) and net inflation by 0.14pp, while regulated prices and indirect taxes influenced the total inflation by 0.02pp, and food prices by 0.05pp.

"In February compared with January, consumer prices increased by 0.2% in total. Prices rose in the divisions of transport by 1.1%; restaurants and hotels by 0.6%; health by 05%; alcoholic beverages and tobacco by 0.4%; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels. … Prices of clothing and footwear dropped by 0.9%. Prices of furniture and furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance; communications; education were at the level of January,“ the statistics office reported.

On average, over the first two months of this year y/y, the index of consumer prices swelled in households of employees by 2.2%, in households of pensioners by 2.6%, and in low-income households by 2.3%.

“According to the data from the Statistics Office, consumer prices in Slovakia increased by 0.2% on average in February, with the dynamics of their y/y growth accelerating from 2.2% to 2.3%. The acceleration of the y/y growth in prices has to be attributed in particular to the statistical base effect on food prices and the correction of oil prices on world markets, while the slowdown in demand inflation slightly surprised,” said UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak, the Slovak News Agency reporting.

“Overall, we expect consumer prices to grow by 2.5% this year,” added Slovenska Sporitelna analyst Katarina Muchova.

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