{"id":636014,"date":"2026-10-04T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/636014\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:46:43","slug":"croatia-inflation-rises-to-4-7-here-is-what-is-driving-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/636014\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia inflation rises to 4.7% \u2013 here is what is driving prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                by <a class=\"articleDetails__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/author\/admin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">croatiaweek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    October 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    in<\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"articleDetails__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/category\/news-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>                <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/croatia-inflation.jpg\" alt=\"Ice cream in Dubrovnik\" width=\"827\" height=\"478\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">ZAGREB, 2 October 2026 \u2013 Croatia\u2019s annual inflation rate rose to 4.7% in September 2026, according to the latest flash estimate from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Consumer prices, measured by the national consumer price index, increased by 4.7% compared with September 2025. On a monthly basis, prices rose by 0.9% compared with August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The figures mark an increase from August, when annual consumer price inflation was estimated at 4.1% in the flash estimate and later confirmed at 4.2% in the final data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Energy prices rise sharply<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Energy was by far the fastest-rising major component in September, with prices 20.5% higher than a year earlier. Energy prices also increased by 2.7% compared with August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Services recorded an annual increase of 7.6%, although prices in this category fell by 0.7% month-on-month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Prices of food, beverages and tobacco were 0.2% higher year-on-year, while falling by 0.2% compared with August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Meanwhile, non-food industrial goods excluding energy were 1.4% lower than a year earlier, although this category recorded a monthly increase of 2.8%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The DZS data therefore show a significant difference between the main components, with energy and services recording the strongest annual increases, while food prices were broadly stable compared with a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Using the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), which allows comparison between EU countries, Croatian prices were 4.3% higher in September 2026 than in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">On a monthly basis, the harmonised index remained unchanged compared with August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The September figures are a flash estimate based on data available by the end of the reference month. DZS is scheduled to publish the final consumer price index figures for September on 15 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The latest Croatian figures come as inflation across the euro area also accelerated in September, with Eurostat\u2019s preliminary estimate putting euro-area inflation at 3.8%.<\/p>\n<p>        \tSign up to receive the Croatia Week Newsletter <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by croatiaweek October 2, 2026 in News ZAGREB, 2 October 2026 \u2013 Croatia\u2019s annual inflation rate rose to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-636014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}