Czech Inflation Above EU Average

Central- & Eastern EuropeCzech Rep. ♦ Published: January 9, 2013; 10:11 ♦ (Vindobona)

Consumer prices in December increased by 0.1% compared with November. The year-on-year rise in consumer prices decelerated to 2.4% in December (2.7% in November).

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The month-on-month increase in consumer prices in 'food and non-alcoholic beverages' came primarily from the rise in prices of fruit, vegetables and bread and cereals (11.3%, 5.5% and 0.5%, respectively). In 'housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels', the net actual rentals went up by 1.0% due to the rent increases for dwellings with regulated rentals by 2.9%.…