Consumer prices in June increased by 0.6% compared with May. This development came primarily from a price increase in 'alcoholic beverages and tobacco'. The year-on-year growth of consumer prices amounted to 3.3% in June, which was 0.4 percentage points up on May.
Month-on-month comparison
Month-on-month rise of consumer prices in ‘alcoholic beverages and tobacco‘ came from price increase of tobacco products by 4.7% and wine by 5.1%. In 'transport‘, mainly prices of automotive fuels and lubricants were higher by 3.1% and prices of motor cars by 1.4%. Price development in ‘miscellaneous goods and services‘ was influenced by higher prices of goods and services for personal care by 0.7%. In food, mainly prices of fruit increased by 1.9%, potatoes by 7.3% (partly due to market offer, which switched from old to new potatoes), cheese and curd by 1.3%.
The decrease in the overall consumer price level in June came from price reduction in 'food and non-alcoholic beverages', where mainly prices of vegetables were lower by 4.1%, non-alcoholic beverages by 1.3%, meat by 0.4%, oils and fats by 1.5%, semi-skimmed UHT milk by 2.2%.
Prices of goods in total went up by 0.7% and prices of services by 0.4%.
Consumer prices increased by 3.3% in June, i.e. 0.4 percentage points up on May. Acceleration in the year-on-year price growth occurred mainly in 'alcoholic beverages, tobacco'. Prices of tobacco products went up by 12.2% (7.1% in May), beer by 5.2% (3.5% in May) and wine by 5.4% (decrease by 1.2% in May). The overall consumer price index excluding ‘alcoholic beverages and tobacco‘ would reach 102.7%. In 'clothing and footwear', price growth of garments accelerated from 3.4% in May to 4.6% in June. In 'transport‘, the year-on-year price drop of automotive fuels and lubricants slowed down to 19.2% (decrease by 21.7% in May).
Prices of goods in total and services went up (3.4% and 3.1%, respectively). The overall consumer price index excluding imputed rentals for housing was 103.4%, year-on-year.
According to preliminary data of Eurostat, the year-on-year change in the average harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP)1) in the EU27 member states amounted to 0.5% in May (0.1 percentage point down on April). The rise in prices was the highest in Poland (3.4%) and Czechia (3.1%). On the other hand, price reduction occurred in 14 EU countries, the deepest in Estonia (−1.8%) and in Luxembourg (−1.6%). In Slovakia, prices were higher by 2.1% year-on-year, both in May and April. In Germany, prices increased by 0.5% (0.8% in April). According to preliminary calculations, the change in the HICP in the Czech Republic in June amounted to 0.5% month-on-month, and 3.4% year-on-year. The MUICP (Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices) flash estimate for the Eurozone in June 2020 amounted to 0.3%, y‑o‑y, as Eurostat announced (more information on the Eurostat’s web pages: HICP.)
Methodological note to consumer price index in June 2020 (COVID-19)
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1) Imputed rentals are excluded from the HICP.
Notes:
Responsible manager of the CZSO: Jiri Mrazek, Director of Price Statistics Department, email: jiri.mrazek@czso.cz
Contact: Pavla Sediva, Head of the Consumer Price Statistics Unit, phone (+420) 274052138, email: pavla.sediva@czso.cz
Data source: Direct field survey of prices, centrally surveyed prices and reporting
End of data collection: 20th day of the reference month / End of data processing: 3rd day of the month that follows the reference month
Related publications: 012018-20 Consumer Price Indices – Basic Breakdown (periodicity: monthly), 012023-20 Consumer price Indices – Detailed Breakdown (periodicity: monthly) and 012019-20 Consumer Price Indices – Detailed Breakdown (periodicity: annually)
Internet: https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/inflation-consumer-prices
Next News Release: 13 August 2020
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Related analysis: Analysis - Consumer price indices - 2nd quarter of 2020
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Annexes:
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⇩ Table 1 Consumer Price Index (indices, inflation rate)
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⇩ Table 2 Consumer Price Index (breakdown of the growth month-on-month)
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⇩ Table 4 Consumer Price Index (social groups of households – indices, inflation rate)
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⇩ Table 5 Consumer Price Index (analytical table, specific consumer price indices)
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⇩ Chart 1 Consumer Price Index (year-on-year changes, changes on base year)
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⇩ Chart 2 Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices – International comparison
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Published: 10.07.2020
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