Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – According to Monstat, consumer prices, measured by the consumer price index, were on average 5.2 percent higher in September than in the same month last year.

In September, consumer prices rose by an average of 0.5 percent compared with August.

“The largest contributions to the monthly inflation rate came from price increases in the following categories: clothing, vegetables, tubers and pulses, fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles, footwear, solid fuels, milk, other dairy products and eggs, household maintenance products, and fruit and nuts,” the Statistical Office said in a press release.

Consumer prices rose by an average of 3.7% in the January–September period compared with the same period last year.

By main groups of products and services classified according to purpose of consumption, prices in September increased compared with the previous month in the following categories: clothing and footwear, by 4.3 percent; furnishings and routine household maintenance, by 0.9 percent; transport, by 0.8 percent; food and non-alcoholic beverages, by 0.6 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, by 0.5 percent; health, by 0.4 percent; education, personal care, social protection, and miscellaneous goods and services, by 0.2 percent each; and information and communication, by 0.1 percent.

Price decreases were recorded in restaurants and accommodation services, by 2.2 percent; recreation, sport and culture, by 0.2 percent; and alcoholic beverages and tobacco, by 0.1 percent.

Prices of other products and services did not change significantly.