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Bulgaria reports 0% inflation in December

Friday, Jan 15, 2016

Bulgaria’s consumer price index in December 2015 compared to November 2015 was 100.0%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.0%. The annual inflation in December 2015 compared to December 2014 was -0.4%, show the data of Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute.
The annual average inflation, measured by CPI, in the last 12 months (January - December 2015) compared to the previous 12 months (January - December 2014) was -0.1%.
In December 2015 compared to the previous month the prices of goods and services in the main consumer groups changed as follows:
• Food and non-alcoholic beverages - a decrease of 0.5%;
• Alcoholic beverages and tobacco - an increase of 0.1%;
• Clothing and footwear - a decrease of 0.5%;
• Housing (rentals, maintenance and repair), water, electricity, gas and other fuels - an increase of 0.1%;
• Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house - a decrease of 0.2%;
• Health - the prices remained at the level of the previous month;
• Transport - an increase of 1.1%;
• Communications - a decrease of 0.6%;
• Recreation and culture - an increase of 2.3%;
• Education - the prices remained at the level of the previous month;
• Restaurants and hotels - an increase of 0.6%;
• Miscellaneous goods and service - a decrease of 0.3%.
The harmonised index of consumer prices in December 2015 compared to November 2015 was 100.4%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.4%. The annual inflation in December 2015 compared to December 2014 was -0.9%).
The annual average inflation, measured by HICP, in the last 12 months (January - December 2015) compared to the previous 12 months (January - December 2014) was -1.1%.
In terms of HICP, in December 2015 compared to the previous month the prices of goods and services in the main consumer groups changed as follows:
• Food and non-alcoholic beverages - a decrease of 0.4%;
• Alcoholic beverages and tobacco - an increase of 0.1%;
• Clothing and footwear - a decrease of 0.4%;
• Housing (rentals, maintenance and repair), water, electricity, gas and other fuels - an increase
of 0.1%;
• Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house - a decrease of
0.2%;
• Health - the prices remained at the level of the previous month;
• Transport - an increase of 1.9%;
• Communications - a decrease of 0.6%;
• Recreation and culture - an increase of 1.3%;
• Education - the prices remained at the level of the previous month;
• Restaurants and hotels - an increase of 2.1%;
• Miscellaneous goods and service - a decrease of 0.1%

Source: www.focus-fen.net