Podgorica, (MINA-BUSINESS) – Compared with last year’s corresponding period, the prices of products and services for personal consumption, measured by the consumer price index (CPI), were 4.9 percent higher on average in September.

According to Monstat, the consumer prices saw an average increase of 0.1 percent compared with August.

“At the monthly level, the inflation rate was affected primarily by rising prices of, accommodation services, fruit, vegetables, and passenger air transport,” stated a press release issued by Monstat.

Compared with last year’s corresponding period, consumer prices were 3.9 percent higher on average from January through September.

Across the main groups, the monthly increase in prices was recorded for clothing and footwear, housing, water, electricity and other fuels, furnishings and routine maintenance of the house, healthcare, and other products and services.

In this period, the prices decreased in the category of restaurants and hotels, food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, recreation and culture.
Prices of other products and services have not changed significantly.