Compared to July 2015, prices went up at slower rate for transport (27.2 percent from 40.3 percent); housing and utilities (25.4 percent from 32.8 percent), while cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages went up at same pace (8.6 percent). Other upward pressure came from: clothing and footwear (24.3 percent from 22.6 percent); recreation and culture (28.3 percent from 27.4 percent); furnishings and household items (23 percent from 21.4 percent); education (35.4 percent from 33.3 percent); miscellaneous goods and services (17.1 percent from 15.5 percent); health (14.6 percent from 13.9 percent); hotels, cafes and restaurants (15.5 percent from 14.9 percent) and communication (13 percent from 12.5 percent).
On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.9 percent, following a 1.3 percent increase in the preceding month. Cost of housing and utilities and transport both went up by 1.4 percent, while food prices fell 0.8 percent.