TIRANA, October 9 /ATA/ The annual rate of inflation or the consumer price index in September 2023 is 4.1 %. If compared with August 2023 the monthly change of consumer price index is 0.1 % higher.
The annual growth rate in September was influenced mostly from prices of the food, fuel and educational services.
If compared to September 2022, prices increased the most in the “Food and non-alcoholic beverage” group by 7.9 %, followed by “Furniture household goods and maintenance” by 5.4 %, “Recreation and culture” by 4.9 %, “Hotels, coffee-house and restaurants” by 4.7 %, “Clothing and footwear” by 3.2 %, “Miscellaneous goods and services” by 3.1 %, “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” by 3.0 %, “Education service” by 2.3 %, “Housing, water, electricity and other fuel” by 2.1 %, “Health” by 1.4 %, “Communication” by 1.1 %. On the other hand, prices of “Transport” group decreased by 7.2 %
If compared with August 2023 prices of “Education service” increased by 1.7 %, followed by “Transport” group by 1.3 %, “Recreation and culture” by 1.2 %, “Food and nonalcoholic beverage” by 1.1 %, “Clothing and footwear” by 0.8 %, “Furniture household goods and maintenance” by 0.4 %, “Health” and “Miscellaneous goods and services” by 0.3 % each of them, “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco” by 0.2 %.
The annual growth rate in September was influenced mostly from prices of group “Food and non-alcoholic beverage” by +2.80 p.p., followed by of “Housing, water, electricity and other fuel” group contributed by +0.41 p.p. “/r.e/p.s./
