Retail Price Index: April 2018 - NSO

22 May 2018 | 1100 hrs | 079/2018

Retail Price Index: April 2018 1.

Main points ● In April 2018, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index (RPI) was registered at 0.84 per cent, up from 0.82 per cent in March 2018. ● The twelve-month moving average rate for April decreased to 1.13 per cent, from 1.18 per cent in the previous month (Table 2).1 ● The largest upward impact on annual inflation was recorded in the Food Index (0.36 percentage points), mainly reflecting higher prices of restaurant services and the like (including take-aways and cafeterias). The largest downward impact was recorded in the Clothing and Footwear Index (0.21 percentage points), attributed to lower prices of garments (Chart 2). ●

The Food Index registered an overall annual inflation rate of 1.67 per cent, of which Food excluding restaurant services and take-aways registered an annual rate of 1.47 per cent, while Restaurant services and take-aways registered an annual rate of 2.19 per cent (refer to Special Aggregates table on page 4).

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rate of inflation, that factors in aspects of seasonality, is widely used in Malta to make cost-of-living adjustments. It is also used to update the index of inflation in continuation of the Schedule to the Housing (Decontrol) Ordinance (CAP.158, Art.13) of the Laws of Malta, on the basis of the All Items Retail Price Index.

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