Slovakia´s inflation less pronounced due to drop in prices of flight tickets

Slovakia´s inflation less pronounced due to drop in prices of flight tickets
Slovakia´s inflation slowed to 2.3% year-on-year in April, down from 2.7% in March / bne IntelliNews
By bne IntelliNews May 16, 2019

Slovakia´s inflation slowed to 2.3% year-on-year in April, down from 2.7% in March. Core inflation stood at 1.9% and net inflation at 1.6%, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on May 15.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak of UniCredit Bank said Slovakia´s April inflation was less pronounced than expected partly due to a decrease in the prices of flight tickets.

“After a surprisingly strong growth of prices in March, inflation in April surprised us in a different sense. Food prices and chiefly demand inflation contributed to a deceleration of year-on-year growth of prices in April,” said Korsnak, as quoted by the Slovak News Agency.

Month-on-month total inflation was influenced by core inflation by 0.20%age points (pp) in April and by regulated prices by 0.01pp. Indirect taxes had no effect on cumulative inflation.

Year-on-year consumer prices “increased in the divisions of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 4.1%; … food and non-alcoholic beverages by 2.9%; … alcoholic beverages and tobacco by 1.8%; … Prices of transport dropped by 1.6%,” the report read. In 4M19, consumer prices in Slovakia increased by 2.4% on the year.

A significant drop in demand inflation in April had nothing to do with considerable easing of demand pressure, but it was rather down for y/y cheaper flight tickets as well as prices of alcoholic drinks. Korsnak estimates inflation to stand at 2.5% in the next few months.

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