retal index | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com A New Voice for Business in Malta Wed, 22 May 2019 08:03:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bw-favicon.svg retal index | 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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