LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 31 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's consumer prices rose by 2.0% year-on-year in July, after growing by 1.8% in June, the country's statistical office said on Wednesday.
The greatest impact on annual inflation in July (0.6 percentage points) came from higher prices of goods and services in the sector of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, the statistical office said in a statement.
Prices of water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling increased by 7.1%, whereas prices of electricity, gas and other fuels rose by 3.7%.
Additional 0.5 p.p. came from higher prices of food, which went up by 3.1%.
On the other hand, the annual inflation was pushed down by 0.2 percentage points by the 3.5% decline in prices of fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment.
On a monthly comparison basis, Slovenia's consumer prices fell 0.7% in July, after a 0.3% rise in June, mainly because of lower prices of clothing and footwear (down 13.1% and 10%, respectively) during summer sales.
Measured by the EU's harmonised index of consumer prices, Slovenia's annual inflation rate increased by 2.0% in July, compared with a 2.1% rise in July 2018.