TIRANA, April 19 /ATA/ – Albania’s annual harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), the Eurostat methodology, rose 5.5% in April, the National Institute of Statistics, INSTAT, said on Wednesday.
According to INSTAT, the food and non-alcoholic beverages group gave the strongest upward push on annual inflation by a 10.4 % rise in the harmonised index, followed by furniture, home appliances and maintenance group with a 6.7% growth, entertainment and culture by 5.5 %, clothing and footwear by 3.9%, hotels, cafes and restaurants by 3.8%, goods and various services up by 3.5%, alcohol beverages and tobacco group by 3.2%, health by 2.2%, rent, fuel and energy and education service by 2% and communication by 1.2%.
Meanwhile, the transport group prises fell by 2.3%.
The monthly change of harmonised index of the consumer prices stood at 1.1% in March.
Eurozone inflation is measured on the basis of the HICP indicator. The term “harmonized” underlines the fact that all EU countries apply the same methodology in measuring the relevant indicator.
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