Turkey posted an 11.89% annual hike in consumer prices in October, the country’s statistical authority said on Tuesday.
Annual inflation rose 0.14 percentage points in October, up from 11.75% in September, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The inflation rate in October 2019 stood at 8.55%, it added.
INFLATION HAS FALLEN 0.26 PERCENTAGE POINTS
The highest annual price increase last month was recorded in miscellaneous goods and services with 27.4%, TurkStat said.
It was followed by food and non-alcoholic beverages prices rising 16.51% and health with 15.60% during the same period.
A group of 17 economists polled by Anadolu Agency last week projected annual inflation to hit 11.76% and monthly inflation to reach 2.01%.
Data showed that the two categories of clothing and footwear and food and non-alcoholic drinks posted the highest monthly rises with 6.81% and 3.03%, respectively. “In October 2020, [on a monthly basis] the index declined for recreation and culture, and alcoholic beverages and tobacco among the main groups by 0.09% and 0.01%, respectively,” it said.
The official figures also showed that the 12-month average hike in consumer prices was 11.74% as of this October.
Inflation in Turkey has fallen 0.26 percentage points over the course of the year, having started out at 12.15% in January.