Our source at the Central Bank of Libya revealed today, Wednesday, the report of the consumer price index and inflation for the second quarter of 2023, issued by the Central Research and Statistics Department.

The data issued by the Statistics and Census Authority and the Ministry of Planning indicated that the general index of consumer prices increased during the second quarter of 2023, to record 295.1. points, an increase of 6.9 points on an annual basis, compared to 288.2 points during the same quarter of the previous year 2022, with an inflation rate of 2.4%.

The report indicated that the inflation rate recorded during the second quarter of 2023, on an annual basis, an increase in most commodity groups, including an increase in food prices by 3.5%, and an increase in the prices of the clothing and shoes group by 2.6%, and other goods and services witnessed an increase by 2.6%, In addition to the increase in the prices of the transportation group by 2.5%, the health group by 2.2%, and the furniture group, its prices increased by 1.7%, and the prices of the housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels group increased by 1.4%.