Illustrative stock photo (source: Sme, Marko Erd)
Consumer’s prices in September increased in a y-o-y comparison by 2.9 percent. When comparing to August, the prices increased 0.1 percent while when comparing August and July, they were higher by 0.2 percent, informed the Slovak Statistics Office.
Mainly food and beverages
Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased in prices by 4.9 percent on y-o-y basis. In education field, it was growth of 4.8 percent.
Food prices in Slovakia have grown the most in the EU
Prices of living, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, as well as various goods and services, increased by 3.8 percent.
“Food and non-alcoholic beverages alongside costs for living, water, electricity and gas are involved in our consumer’s costs, altogether 43 percent,” said analyst of WOOD & Company Eva Sadovská, as quoted by the SITA newswire.
