INFLATION in Slovakia continued its moderate deceleration in April. Inflation, as measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), stood at 3.7 percent in April, a fall from 3.9 percent in March.
In a year-on-year comparison of prices in April, transportation costs grew the most, by 7.9 percent. Next were prices in health care, up by 6.3 percent; education (5.8 percent); housing and energy supplies (5.3 percent); and miscellaneous goods and services (3.8 percent).