Prices

Price is a measure for living costs, and the indexes are primarily used to track the inflation. The consumer price index is a meas ure for actual prices paid by consumers for goods and services. It mirrors the sum of changes in consumer prices, including those caused by changes in taxes, duties and subsidies. Hence, it is a compound expression of pure market changes and legislative price changes.

Consumer prices have been slightly increasing in recent years, with yearly increases from 0 to 2 per cent