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Estonian prices rose 1.5% year on year in August

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Estonia’s consumer price index increased 1.5% in August from a year earlier and 0.4% from July.
  • Annual inflation remained low as falling food and non-alcoholic beverage prices offset higher housing and transport costs.
  • Goods prices rose 0.9% year on year, while services increased 2.4%.

Estonia’s consumer price index rose 0.4% in August from July and 1.5% from the same month in 2025, Statistics Estonia said.

Compared with August last year, goods cost 0.9% more and services 2.4% more.

Lauri Veski, head of consumer price statistics at Statistics Estonia, said annual price growth had remained very small for the past three months. He said prices had last risen this slowly in spring 2021.

Housing and transport costs increased over the year, but cheaper food and non-alcoholic beverages pushed the index in the opposite direction.

Although housing and transport prices have risen over the year, the index was pushed in the opposite direction by cheaper food and non-alcoholic beverages.

· Lauri VeskiVeski explained the factors behind Estonia’s relatively low annual price growth.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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