Lithuania inflation rate rises in November
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Lithuania's annual inflation rate increased to 9.2% in November from 8% in the previous month, data from the Vilnius-based Statistics Lithuania (LS) showed on Wednesday.
Prices of housing & utilities increased 18.8%, while prices for food & non-alcoholic beverages added 7.6%, and transport cost rose 19.9%.
In addition, prices advanced for recreation & culture by 8.5% for clothing & footwear by 2.7% and for miscellaneous goods & services by 7.0%.
The cost for alcoholic beverages & tobacco went up 1.8%.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices added 0.9% in November, the least in three months, easing from a 1.7% gain in October.
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