Slovakia’s consumer price inflation rose in October, figures from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed on Thursday.
The consumer price index rose 1.6 percent year-on-year in October, following a 1.4 percent increase in September. Economists had expected a 1.5 percent rise.
Prices for miscellaneous goods and services grew 4.1 percent yearly in October and restaurants and hotels gained 4.2 percent. Prices for [health][1], and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels increased by 3.8 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
Meanwhile, prices for transport declined 4.6 percent and communication cost remained unchanged.
On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in October, after remaining unchanged in the previous month.
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