The biggest annual decrease in the consumer price index in May was recorded in the transport segment, by 10.2%, while on a monthly comparison basis the index fell 6.5%.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by an annual 2.5% in May. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel prices, meanwhile, fell 1.9%.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices were up 0.1%, after falling 0.2% in the prior month, Crostat said on June 16.
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