14.02.202011:00:00UTC+00Slovakia Inflation Steady In January

Slovakia's consumer price inflation remained stable in January, figures from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed on Friday.

The consumer price index rose 3.0 percent year-on-year in January, the same as seen in December.

Prices for transportation grew 5.6 percent annually in January and those for education and food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 4.9 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.

On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices rose 1.2 percent in January, after a 0.1 percent fall in the preceding month.

The core inflation was 3.2 percent annually in January and the index rose 1.2 percent from the previous month.