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Khachapuri Index as a Predictor of Structural Changes in the Economy
10 March 2015

In February, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri fell to 3.29GEL, which is 3.4% lower month-on-month (compared to January 2015), and 4.8% lower year-on-year (compared to February 2014).

Lari Depreciation: Is a Financial Crisis on the Horizon?
04 March 2015

The recent bouts of sharp lari depreciation caused much anxiety among the Georgian population, prompting fears of inflation, loan defaults, and bank failures, on the one hand, and the typically Georgian political speculations over “who is to blame”, on the other.

March 02, 2015 Kh-Index | Khachapuri Index as a predictor of structural changes in the economy
02 March 2015

In February, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian Khachapuri fell to 3.29GEL, which is 3.4% lower month-on-month (compared to January 2015), and 4.8% lower year-on-year (compared to February 2014).

February 23, 2015 Kh-Index | Batumi tops the khachapuri index in january
23 February 2015

In January, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian khachapuri fell to 3.40GEL. The Index lost 7% month-on-month (compared to December 2014) and 5.4 % year-on-year (compared to January 2014).

February 16, 2015 Kh-Index | Decline of fuel prices brings price of cheese down by 13.8%
16 February 2015

The only one contributor to y/y deflation was the main component of the Khachapuri recipe - cheese (-13.8%) (see graph), while the prices of other components showed have increased: flour (+16.6%), milk (+5.4%), yeast (+7.6%), butter (+11.3%), and eggs (+1.3%).

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