Bulgaria's Consumer Prices Remain Flat in August

Bulgaria recorded zero inflation in August compared to the previous month, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Monday.

Year-on-year, consumer price inflation also was zero, the statistical office said in a monthly inflation report.

The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (August 2015 compared to December 2014) was negative at minus 0.3%.

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose last month by 0.6% compared with July and prices of alcohol and tobacco were 0.2% higher, while prices of clothes and footwear were 2.4% lower.

Transport prices also decreased, falling by 0.4% month-on-month in August as a result of lower oil prices.