TIRANA, June 18/ATA/- The annual rate measured by Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices in May 2019 is 1.6 %.
The most increase of the prices it was noticed in the “Food and non-alcoholic beverages” group by 3.3 %, followed by “Hotels, coffee-houses and restaurants” group by 2.1 %, “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” by 1.5 %, “Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels” by 1.0 %, “Clothing and footwear” by 0.7 %,“Furniture household goods and maintenance” and “Education service” by 0.1 % each of them.
Meanwhile, prices of “Recreation and culture” group are decreased by 2.4 %, followed by “Transport” group by 0.2 % and “Health” group by 0.1 %.
In May 2019, the monthly rate measured by Harmonized Index of Consumer Price is -1.4 %. This is influenced mostly by decrease of prices in “Food and non-alcoholic beverages” group by 3.4 %, followed by “Clothing and footwear” by 0.5 %, “Health” by 0.3 %, “Furniture household goods and maintenance” and “Hotels, coffee-houses and restaurants” by 0.2 % each of them.
Meanwhile, compare with previews monthly prices of “Recreation and culture” group are increased by 0.6 %.//a.i/
