5.17% is the increase of the Consumer Price Index for June 2022
The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the Consumer Price Index for June 2022 to reach 107.58 against 102.29 during the same month of 2021 recorded an increase by 5.17%. The main commodities groups, which contributed to this increase, were “Fuel & lighting” by 1.26 percentage points, “Transport” by 0.95 percentage points, “Rents” by 0.79 percentage points , “Meat &Poultry” by 0.34 percentage points and “Culture &Recreation” by 0.24 percentage points. Meanwhile, the main commodities groups which witnessed a decrease in their prices were “Spices ,food enhancers and other food” by 0.02 percentage points, “Drinks and beverages” by 0.005 percentage points, “Personal luggage” by 0.005 percentage points and “Tobacco &cigarettes ” by 0.001 percentage points.
On the monthly level, the Consumer Price index for June 2022 reached 107.58 against 106.53 during May 2022 recorded an increase by 0.99%. The main commodities groups which contributed to this increase were “Rents” by 0.68 percentage points, “Transport” by 0.20 percentage points, “Health” by 0.19 percentage points, “Cereals & its products” by 0.12 percentage points and “Culture &Recreation ” by 0.10 percentage points. Meanwhile, the main groups which witnessed a decrease in their prices were “Vegetables, Dried and Canned Legumes” by 0.28 percentage points, “Fruit & Nuts” by 0.17 percentage points, “Spices ,food enhancers and other food” by 0.01 percentage points and “Meat &Poultry” by 0.01 percentage points.
