Consumer prices up 1.9 percent in December

Consumer prices went up by 1.9 percent year-on-year in December 2018, the Statistics Office has reported. Prices increased the most in hotels and restaurants - by 4 percent - and in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels - by 3.2 percent. On average, consumer prices rose by 2.5 percent year-on-year from January to December last year.