Today, Wednesday, the Research and Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Libya published a report on the consumer price index and inflation for the third quarter of 2022, which revealed that the general inflation rate in Libya during the third quarter of this year recorded 4.3%.
According to the report, the analysis of trends in commodity groups during the year 2022 indicates that the inflation rate increased in all commodity groups, as the index in the foodstuff group reached 328.2 points, an increase of 11.8, which is equivalent to 3.7%. The benchmark for the tobacco group is 265.0 points, an increase of 0.9 points, equivalent to 0.3%.
The report added that it scored the index for the clothing and footwear group with 435.9 points, an increase of 18.8, equivalent to 4.5%. The index also rose for the group of housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, as it scored 193.5 points, with a noticeable increase of 16.5 points, which is equivalent to 9.3%.
As the index for furniture and household appliances increased by 12.2 points, to record 367.3, equivalent to 3.4%. As for the health group, the index for the transportation group increased by 7.9 points, reaching 211.0 points, equivalent to 3.9%. The index decreased by 0.6 points, to record 83.9 points, an increase of 0.7%.
The index for the entertainment and culture group was 208.1, an increase of 3.2 points, equivalent to 1.6%, in addition to the education group, its index was an increase of 0.8 points, reaching 380.8 points, equivalent to 0.2%, and with regard to the restaurants and hotels group, the number increased and recorded 347.6 points, an increase of 4.7 points or 1.4%, as well as the group of goods and other services witnessed an increase in the index by 11.6 points, recording 301.9 points, an increase of 4.0%.