The indicator for core inflation, excluding indirect tax effects, was in 1.4% in July, level with the rate in the previous two months. The indicator for demand-sensitive inflation, which excludes processed foods from core inflation, was 1.5%, edging up from 1.4% in June.

The indicator for sticky price inflation, which includes items for which retail prices vary, on average, no more than 15% a month, was 1.4%, also up one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month.

Consumer prices in Hungary edged up 0.1% year-on-year in July, rising after three consecutive months of declines had caused some rumblings about the threat of deflation, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Tuesday show.