The indicator for core inflation, excluding indirect tax effects, was 1.2% in February, dropping from 1.3% in the previous month. The indicator for demand-sensitive inflation, which excludes processed foods from core inflation, was 1.6%, slowing from 1.9%; while the indicator for sticky price inflation, which includes items for which retail prices vary, on average, no more than 15% a month, was 1.8%, down from 2% in the previous month.
“The levels of the measures continue to indicate a restrained inflation environment,” the MNB said in a monthly assessment of the inflation data.
“Householdsʼ inflationary expectations dropped and were at moderate levels in line with low underlying inflation developments,” the central bank added.
Headline inflation was 0.3% year-on-year in February, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said last Thursday, slowing from 0.9% in January. Seasonally-adjusted twelve-month core inflation was 1.4%. Consumer prices were down 0.1% from January.
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