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Consumer Price Index for the Month of November, 2000

The Consumer Price Index for November 2000 increased by 0,55 units or 0,51% to 107,72 units compared to 107,17 in October 2000. This is mainly due to increases in the prices of potatoes, certain footwear items and electricity.

2. The average rate of increase of the Index for the period January-November 2000 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year was 4,21%.

3. The evolution of the Index by category for the last twelve months was:

 

Categories of Goods and Services

2 0 0 0

Jan.

Feb..

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept. Oct. Nov.

1.

Food & non-alcoholic beverages

 105,52

105,92

106,71

106,57

107,35

103,45

106,79

106,02 105,26 106,42 108,26

2.

Alcoholic beverages & tobacco

 117,99

118,17

118,41

118,59

118,64

118,64

121,87

121,87 121,87 121,89 121,82

3.

Clothing and footwear

108,57

91,00

108,24

109,03

109,13

109,13

93,39

92,13 102,42 103,26 104,61

4.

Housing, water, electricity and gas

 106,12

106,39

106,80

107,29

107,93

108,10

108,82

109,23 108,77 109,25 109,58

5.

Furnishings, household equipment and supplies

 101,06

99,13

101,09

101,50

101,64

101,25

99,99

99,93 102,69 102,85 103,03

6.

Health

105,02

107,00

107,07

107,84

108,38

108,62

109,58

110,29 110,74 110,77 111,04

7.

Transport

101,74

102,36

102,70

103,11

103,26

103,39

106,43

106,75 108,17 109,23 109,05

8.

Communication

89,54

89,52

89,52

89,32

89,31

89,10

90,42

80,45 80,30 80,09 79,64

9.

Recreation & cullture

100,81

100,97

101,62

101,54

101,66

101,13

98,45

98,64 99,41 99,33 99,40

10.

Education

108,21

108,21

108,21

108,21

108,21

108,21

108,21

108,21 111,14 111,70 111,70

11.

Restaurants & hotels

105,03

105,12

106,14

108,12

108,71

109,93

110,87

110,87 111,85 112,78 113,30

12.

Miscellaneous goods and services

 102,81

103,19

103,48

104,33

104,60

105,94

106,55

106,56 107,41 107,56 107,90

General Index

104,46

103,25

105,22

105,65

106,06

105,50

105,47

105,23 106,52 107,17 107,72

 

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