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The annual inflation in Estonia made 2.1% in June y-o-y
Compared to June 2017, goods were 4.1% and services 3.9% more expensive.
Regulated prices of goods and services have risen by 11.2% and non-regulated
prices by 2.1% compared to June of the previous year.
Compared to June
2017, the consumer price index was affected the most by motor fuel and housing,
each contributed nearly one quarter of the total increase. Petrol was 17.8% and
diesel fuel 17% more expensive than in June 2017. Housing expenditures were
affected the most by 14.3% more expensive electricity that reached homes and by
10.8% higher rents. Over a fifth of the total increase was contributed by 15.7%
more expensive alcoholic beverages and by 6.4% more expensive tobacco. 60% of
this was contributed by beer, which became 35.2% more expensive. Compared to
June of the previous year, of food products, the biggest price increases were
seen for eggs (31%), and for frozen fruit and berries (30%) and the biggest
price decreases for potatoes (23%) and sugar (21%).
The previous time
that the change of the consumer price index compared to the same month of the
previous year was over 4% was in November 2017, when the change was 4.2%.
Compared to May, in June the consumer price index was affected the most by
housing, which contributed nearly half of the total increase. Housing
expenditures were affected the most by 9% more expensive electricity that
reached homes and by 5.6% higher rents. A greater impact on the monthly change
was also exerted by transport, where motor fuel became 2.6% more expensive and
plane tickets were 11.8% more expensive than the ones bought for May.
Change of the consumer price index by commodity groups, June 2018 |
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Commodity group |
June 2017 – June 2018, % |
May 2018 – June 2018, % |
TOTAL |
4.0 |
0.9 |
Food and
non-alcoholic beverages |
2.9 |
0.6 |
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco |
12.9 |
-1.0 |
Clothing and footwear |
1.8 |
-2.9 |
Housing |
6.9 |
2.9 |
Household goods |
0.3 |
0.8 |
Health |
4.9 |
0.3 |
Transport |
4.7 |
1.4 |
Communications |
-4.1 |
0.0 |
Recreation and culture |
3.1 |
2.0 |
Education |
-3.7 |
1.7 |
Hotels, cafés and restaurants |
3.7 |
2.2 |
Miscellaneous goods and services |
3.9 |
0.2 |
Statistics Estonia publishes the consumer price index on the 5th working
day of each month, after the end of the reporting period. For the statistical
activity “Consumer price index”, the main representative of public interest is
the Ministry of Finance, commissioned by whom Statistics Estonia collects and
analyses the data necessary for conducting the statistical activity.