Month-on-month, inflation was up 0.2%. Prices in most main product groups fell in twelve months, while they were up in a monthly comparison, except for unchanged household energy prices.

Going forward, the regulated price cuts mandated for April which will reduce retail natural gas prices a reported 6.5% will affected next month’s statistical reading but more apparent effects will show in May, KSH’s Borbála Minary informed national news service MTI in relation to the statistical release today.