Slovakia inflation 3.8 pc in August, highest in nine years

Prices in Slovakia continued to rise in August, with year-on-year inflation reaching as high as 3.8 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. This is the highest figure to be reported since October 2012, i.e. for almost nine years. Inflation was driven by higher prices in transport, imputed rentals influenced by the prices of construction materials and rapidly growing food prices.