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September 14, 2015 Kh-Index | Khachapuri and consumer price indices show inflation picking up in august
14
September
2015
In August, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian khachapuri jumped to 3.49 GEL, which is 11.4% higher month-on-month (m/m, that is compared to July 2015), and 7% higher year-on-year (y/y, that is compared to August 2014).
The main contributors to y/y Khachapuri Index inflation were cheese (8.6%), eggs (12.8%), milk (11.8%), and yeast (16.3%). Prices of two other ingredients decreased: flour (-2%) and butter (-0.3%).
An official estimate of price inflation, published by GeoStat, also shows that CPI increased both m/m (up 1%) and y/y (5.4%).
Annual (y/y) CPI inflation was mostly driven by price increases in such categories as “alcoholic beverages and tobacco” (up 13.1%), “health” (9.1%), “furnishing, household equipment, and routine house maintenance” (9.3%) and “food and non-alcoholic beverages” (6.3%). Prices decreased in the “clothing and footwear” (-0.9%) and “transport” (-1.6%) categories.
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June
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