Polish inflation at 2.9% in August: stats office

Inflation in Poland stood at 2.9 percent in year-on-year terms in August, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Tuesday in a final estimate.

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The figure was in line with a flash estimate released by the government-run statistics agency at the start of this month.

Consumer #prices in #Poland in August 2020 increased by 2.9% YoY (price index 102.9). Compared to the previous month they decreased by 0.1% (price index 99,9).https://t.co/CMMvCrq2eC#StatisticsPoland #statistics #CPI #PriceIndices #PriceIndex pic.twitter.com/pQ7fOVBmkJ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) September 15, 2020

In July, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 3 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office.

The state-run statistics agency earlier this year said it had revised its system of weights used for calculating the consumer price index in Poland in 2020.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP