YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES

In July 2021, Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households decreased by 5.3% from 5.5% in June 2021. Sustaining a double digit figure at 32.0%, Transport recorded the highest inflation rate from 35.6% in the previous month along with Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco at 13.1%. Maintaining their previous month’s figures were Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (3.2%) and Education (0.3%) while faster price upticks were recorded in Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House (from 1.0% to 1.7%), and Recreation and Culture (from 0.6% to 1.8%).

In contrast, price slowdowns were noted in Clothing and Footwear (from 2.3% to 2.2%), Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 4.7% to 4.2%), Health (from 1.8% to 1.4%), Communication (from 0.2% to 0.0%), and Restaurant and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (from 5.1% to 4.9%).