Croatia: Inflation stabilizes in September
Latest reading: Harmonized consumer prices were up 4.6% on a year-on-year basis in September, unchanged from the previous month’s reading.
Relative to the previous month’s data, there were higher price pressures for transportation (-0.5% in annual terms vs -0.8% in August), housing and utilities (+10.0% vs +9.3% in August) and restaurants and hotels (+8.3% vs +7.9% in August). In contrast, there were milder price pressures for food and non-alcoholic beverages (+5.7% vs +6.5% in August) and recreation (+3.5% vs +4.1% in August).
Meanwhile, consumer prices rose 4.2% in September, unchanged from the prior month’s reading.
Finally, harmonized consumer prices declined 0.58% in September on a month-on-month basis, following a 0.21% increase in the previous month.