Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Kosovo Aug CPI Up 0.2% M/M - Table

PRISTINA (Serbia and Montenegro), September 20 (SeeNews) - The August consumer price index (CPI) of the U.N.-run province of Kosovo increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month, after falling by 1.3% in July, statistics showed on Tuesday.

Kosovo Consumer Prices Index (pct change):

..............................................................Y/Y.....................M/M

TOTAL..................................................-0.5.....................+0.2

Food+Drink...........................................-2.6.....................-0.4

Spirits+Tobacco....................................+14.6...................0.0

Clothing+Shoes....................................-4.7......................0.0

Rents+Energy+Water..........................-5.0.....................+0.2

Furnishings+Household Equipment.......-1.9.....................-0.1

Health Care...........................................+0.8.....................0.0

Transport..............................................+9.3...................+4.4

Communications....................................-0.4......................0.0

Culture+Entertainment..........................-1.8......................0.0

Education..............................................-3.5......................0.0

Hotels+Cafes+Restaurants.....................0.0......................0.0

Other.....................................................-0.4....................+0.9

NOTE: Kosovo, a province of two million people, is legally part of the loose union of Serbia and Montenegro that succeeded rump Yugoslavia in 2003. The province was put under United Nations administration after NATO bombed Serbia in 1999 to halt the Serb repression of the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo.

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