YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES

Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households increased by 5.5% in June 2021 from 5.2% in May 2021. Transport recorded the highest inflation rate sustaining a double digit figure of 35.6% along with Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco at 14.3%. Faster annual price hikes were also observed in Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (from 2.8% to 3.2%), Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 2.8% to 4.7%), and Recreation and Culture (from 0.2% to 0.6%).

Communication (from 1.1% to 0.2%) and Restaurant and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (from 6.1% to 5.1%) recorded slower price mark-ups while minimal or no change in inflation was observed in Clothing and Footwear at 2.3%, Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House at 1.0%, Health at 1.8%, and Education at 0.3%.