{"id":120207,"date":"2025-11-07T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/?p=120207"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:59","slug":"cyprus-records-0-3-inflation-in-october-driven-by-cheaper-energy-and-apparel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/cyprus-records-0-3-inflation-in-october-driven-by-cheaper-energy-and-apparel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Records -0.3% Inflation in October Driven by Cheaper Energy and Apparel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus officially registered a negative inflation rate of 0.3% in October 2025 on an annual basis (compared to October 2024), according to data released by the Statistical Service on Thursday. While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) itself saw a marginal monthly rise of 0.54 points (reaching 118.25 units from 117.71 in September 2025), the year-on-year drop signals a mild deflationary environment.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Sectoral Performance: Annual Change<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The annual change in the CPI was characterized by diverging price trends across different economic categories:<\/p>\n<h4><b>Major Downward Pressure (Deflationary Impact)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>The negative inflation was primarily driven by sharp drops in the cost of energy and certain goods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electricity: Registered the largest negative change across all economic categories at -7.5%.<\/li>\n<li>Clothing and Footwear: Recorded the largest decline among consumer goods categories at -6.7%.<\/li>\n<li>Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Prices in this essential category fell by -2.1%.<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural Products: Saw a decrease of -2.6%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Major Upward Pressure (Inflationary Impact)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Price growth continued in the services sector, which showed the largest positive change overall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Services: Rose by 3.0% across the economic categories.<\/li>\n<li>Restaurants and Hotels: Experienced the biggest increase among consumer groups at 4.4%.<\/li>\n<li>Education: Prices climbed by 3.5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Impact Analysis: What Drove the CPI Change<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Statistical Service analyzed the specific component effects that contributed to the -0.3% annual inflation figure:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Component<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Annual Impact (in CPI Units)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Direction<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Catering Services (Restaurants\/Hotels)<\/b><\/td>\n<td>+0.50<\/td>\n<td>Largest Positive Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Education<\/b><\/td>\n<td>+0.16<\/td>\n<td>Positive Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.52<\/td>\n<td>Largest Negative Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Clothing and Footwear<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.51<\/td>\n<td>Largest Negative Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Electricity<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.43<\/td>\n<td>Significant Negative Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><b>Year-to-Date Trends (January \u2013 October 2025)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Looking at the cumulative changes compared to the same period in the previous year, certain trends remain clear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Largest Price Increases:<\/strong> Restaurants and Hotels (+4.7%), Education (+3.7%), and Recreation and Culture (+3.3%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Largest Price Decrease:<\/strong> Clothing and Footwear (-6.2%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a monthly basis (compared to September 2025), the largest price change was an increase in Clothing and Footwear (3.6%), reflecting seasonal factors as winter stock is introduced.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus officially registered a negative inflation rate of 0.3% in October 2025 on an annual basis (compared to October 2024), according to data released by the Statistical Service on Thursday. While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) itself saw a marginal monthly rise of 0.54 points (reaching 118.25 units from 117.71 in September 2025), the year-on-year [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":120208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120210,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120207\/revisions\/120210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}