Price indices

July brings 0.1 percent deflation - Statistical Office

BELGRADE -- Retail prices of goods and services used for personal consumption in Serbia dropped 0.1 percent in July against the month before.

The data was released by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RSZ) on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Retail prices of goods and services used for personal consumption in Serbia dropped 0.1 percent in July against the month before, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RSZ) said in a release on Tuesday.

Year-on-year inflation (July 2014-July 2013) was 2.1 percent, and compared to December 2013, the prices of goods and services increased 1.8 percent.

The consumer price index in July 2014 compared to June 2014 was 100.4%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.4%, Bulgaria’s Statistical Institute latest data indicates.

The monthly inflation in May was -0.5% and the consumer price index for the same month was 99.5 %, according to Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute latest data.

The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (May 2014 compared to December 2013) has been -1.0% and the annual inflation in May 2014 compared to May 2013 was -2.0 %.

Revenues arising from bank deposits have recorded the highest rates in 6 years, according to data by Bulgaria's National Bank and the National Statistical Institute.

For the last year, every BGN 100 on deposit has generated a revenue of BGN 5.50, nearly two-thirds of it coming from the interest and the rest is due to the negative inflation rates, Bulgarian 24 Chasa infroms.

The Producer Price Index in Industry (PPI) recorded an increase of 0.4 percent in April 2014 compared to the same month the previous year, according to figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority on Friday. The index in April 2013 had recorded a decrease of 2.7 percent.

The consumer price index in April 2014 compared to March 2014 was 100.3%, and the monthly inflation was 0.3 %, according to the National Statistical Institute.

BELGRADE - Measured by the consumer price index, monthly inflation in Serbia rose by 0.6 percent in April relative to the previous month, increasing by 2.1 percent compared to April 2013.

According to figures from the Serbian Statistical Office, consumer prices rose by 1.8 percent in April compared to December 2013.

EU harmonized inflation in Germany has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years in March, 2014, final data from the Federal Statistical Office Destatis showed Friday.

The annual inflation by end-February hit record low rates of -2.6%, according to Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute.

The consumer price index (CPI) in February 2014 compared to January 2014 was 99.6%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -0.4%. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (February 2014 compared to December 2013) was -0.6%, the NSI reports.