prices | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com A New Voice for Business in Malta Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:59:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bw-favicon.svg prices | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com 32 32 159130352 Malta’s retail index grows to 1.91% in April https://maltabusinessweekly.com/maltas-retail-index-grows-to-1-91-in-april/3064/ Wed, 22 May 2019 07:46:48 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=3064 Malta’s annual inflation rate as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) comes to 1.91% in April. The measure was up from 1.89% in March.

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]]> Malta’s annual inflation rate as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) was 1.91% in April, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

NSO statistics show that the measure was up from 1.89% in March and the twelve-month moving average rate for April stood at a rate of 1.47%.

Food and housing sectors saw the highest annual inflation rates of 4.81% and 2.43%, respectively. The lowest annual inflation rate appeared in the water, electricity, gas and fuels sector (0.1%), while the clothing and footwear segment went down by 0.35%, according to NSO figures.

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

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]]> 3064 Malta’s retail price index slows in March https://maltabusinessweekly.com/maltas-retail-price-index-slows-in-march/2607/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:42:39 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=2607 The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) comes to 1.89% in March, slowing from 1.92% in February.

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]]> The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) was 1.89% in March, slowing from 1.92% in February, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

The twelve-month moving average rate for March 2019 stood at a rate of 1.38%, according to the NSO.

In March, the food segment saw inflation of 4.81% and the housing segment was up by 2.67%. However, recreation and culture saw inflation of 0.2%, while water, electricity, gas and other fuels segment was only up by 0.1%, according to NSO figures.

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

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]]> 2607 Malta’s inflation remains 1.3% in March https://maltabusinessweekly.com/maltas-inflation-remains-1-3-in-march/2591/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:04:43 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=2591 Malta’s annual rate of inflation as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) remains at a constant rate of 1.3% in March 2019.

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]]> Malta’s annual rate of inflation as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) remained at a constant rate of 1.3% in March 2019, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

The twelve-month moving average rate for March stood at 1.7%.

The largest upward impact on annual inflation was measured in the food and non-alcoholic beverages index with 0.57 percentage points. This was followed by the restaurants and hotels index increasing by 0.29 pp and the housing, electricity, gas and other fuels index upping by 0.21 pp.

The largest downward impact was recorded in the education index; a decrease of 0.10 pp. This was followed by the furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance index and the clothing and footwear index dropping by 0.03 pp, respectively.

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

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