Serbian March-April inflation higher than EU inflation, lower than in some EU states

BELGRADE - Serbian y-o-y inflation in March and April was higher than EU inflation but lower than in some EU member states, according to the latest issue of the MAT economic monthly, a publication of the Belgrade Faculty of Economics and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.

According to the concept of the harmonised index of consumer prices, Serbian y-o-y inflation in March and April was 15.5 pct and 14.8 pct, respectively, compared to 8.3 pct and 8.1 pct, respectively, in the EU.

The EU member states that had higher inflation than Serbia in March are Estonia (15.6 pct), the Czech Republic (16.5 pct), Latvia (17.2 pct) and Hungary (25.6 pct), while Latvia and Hungary also registered higher inflation in April - 15 pct and 24.5 pct, respectively.