This was the highest inflation since November 2008, when food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose (0.3%). The prices of consumer goods for transport (11.7%), housing and communal services (6.7%) and restaurants and hotels (5.2%) also increased.

At the monthly comparative level, prices increased by 0.9% in October, after falling by 0.1% in the previous month.

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