Consumer price inflation in June pushed a 12-month inflation average to 8.89 percent, Turkish Statistics Institute said on its website. But on a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.90, TUIK added.
A breakdown by categories showed that alcohol and tobacco prices shot up by 18.69 percent over a year, while the cost of goods and services gained 14.92 percent and household furniture prices were 9.83 percent higher.
Turkey's central bank forecasts inflation to fall to 5.0 percent in 2012.
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Source : en.cumhuriyet.com
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