Lithuania’s consumer price inflation rose to the highest level in fourteen months in April, figures from the statistical office showed on Monday.
The consumer price index rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in April, following a 1.6 percent increase in March.
The latest inflation was the highest since February last year, when it was 2.8 percent.
Transport cost grew 7.2 percent yearly in April and [health][1] care cost gained by 6.0 percent.
Prices for education, and recreation and culture gained by 5.8 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices grew 0.9 percent in April, after a 1.0 percent rise in the prior month.
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