Annual Inflation at 13.3% in May

Georgia’s annual inflation rate stood at 13.3% in May, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported today. On a monthly basis, meanwhile, consumer prices increased by 1.1%. The annual inflation rate was primarily driven by price changes in food and non-alcoholic beverages (22% increase); transport (20% increase); housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (16.1%). The monthly inflation rate was mainly driven by price changes in housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (6.2% increase); alcoholic beverages, and tobacco (1.3% increase); and restaurants and hotels (1.5%). !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r