Inflation slows but food prices not tamed yet

Slovenia's annual inflation rate slowed to 6.1% in July, 0.8 percentage points lower than the month before, but data from the Statistics Office shows rising food prices remain a problem.

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 11.1% in a year, contributing 2 percentage points to the headline inflation rate, data released on 31 July shows.

The government has been unsuccessfully trying to tame food prices, which have been rising at rates higher than elsewhere in the eurozone.

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