YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES

The Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households stood at 4.5% in February 2022 from the same figure the previous month. Recreation and Culture, albeit lower from 5.0% in January 2022, was the highest inflation among the commodity groups at 4.8% in February 2022. Seven commodity groups recorded price slow-downs. These are Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (from 4.8% to 3.7%); Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (from 3.2% to 3.0%); Clothing and Footwear (from 1.8% to 1.4%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 7.8% to 7.3%); Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House (from 2.0% to 1.5%) and Restaurant and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (from 2.7% to 2.3%) including Recreation and Culture.

Health, along with Transport, Communication and Education sustained its previous month’s record of 1.7%, 2.0%, 0.8% and 3.5%, respectively.