CONSUMER PRICES remained unchanged in July and are now down by only 0.1% since July of last year according to the CSO. Clothing prices are down almost 9% over the year while food and non-alcoholic beverage prices are down almost 4%. Education and utilities are up by 9.2% and 5.5% respectively.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index measures the change in the price of consumer goods and services. The annual percentage change in the consumer price index is used as a method of measuring inflation.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 9 May, 2013
CPI: Price of alcohol, tobacco and education up, cost of shoes down
Consumer prices in April were up by 0.5 per cent when compared to the same month last year.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Cost of living in Ireland rises 0.4 per cent in March
It’s 0.5 per cent more expensive to live in Ireland now than it was a year ago.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Consumer prices increase by 1.2 per cent in one year
Alcohol, tobacco and education all increased in price while clothes and household furniture fell.
# consumer-price-index - Monday 11 February, 2013
Food and drink prices down over 6 per cent since 2008 – Retail Ireland
Retail Ireland made the comments following the publication of a Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI) report on Irish food prices – which indicated the typical cost of a basket of groceries had risen 12 per cent in the past two years.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Cost of living falls by 0.4 per cent in November
The latest CSO figures indicate that Ireland has seen deflation for five of the last six months.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Fall in annual inflation rate in October
Figures from the CSO show prices for transport fell last month while increasing third level costs drove education up.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Inflation up 1.8 per cent over year to May 2012
Consumer price index was unchanged between April and May but shows increases in education, transport, food and services over 12 months.
# consumer-price-index - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Average weekly household expenditure in Ireland is… €810
New figures from the CSO show that households are now spending more of their income on housing than on food.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 19 January, 2012
Cost of living fell by 0.3 per cent in December
The rate of inflation fell by 0.3 per cent in December, though prices were still up by 2.5 per cent on the previous year.
# consumer-price-index - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
Inflation drops in December across eurozone and UK
The fall in inflation has raised hopes that the European Central Bank may reduce interest rates.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Inflation rose to 2.8 per cent in October – CSO
The rate is up from 2.6 per cent in September.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 13 October, 2011
Inflation rose to 2.6 per cent in September
The annual rate of inflation rose from 2.2 per cent in August to 2.6 per cent last month, the CSO has said today.
# consumer-price-index - Friday 30 September, 2011
Blow for mortgage holders as Eurozone inflation hits three-year high
The surprising surge in interest makes it less likely that the ECB will cut interest rates – a blow for struggling mortgage holders.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 8 September, 2011
Cost of living increased by 0.2 per cent in August
The Central Statistics Office says the annual rate of inflation in Ireland stood at 2.2 per cent as of the end of August.
# consumer-price-index - Friday 21 January, 2011
Cost of education soars by over 25 per cent since peak of boom
The costs of education and health care have soared since 2006 according to the latest Consumer Price Index;
# consumer-price-index - Friday 10 December, 2010
Consumer prices down slightly in November
Central Statistics Office finds that only clothes and footwear saw a price hike in the last month.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 14 October, 2010
Inflation stays on the rise for September
The price of a regular basket of goods was 0.5% higher in September 2010 than it was in September 2009.
# consumer-price-index - Thursday 12 August, 2010
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