{"id":116334,"date":"2025-07-18T20:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/?p=116334"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:27:40","slug":"consumer-prices-see-modest-rise-in-june-led-by-leisure-and-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/consumer-prices-see-modest-rise-in-june-led-by-leisure-and-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Prices See Modest Rise in June, Led by Leisure and Dining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"484\">Cyprus recorded a slight uptick in harmonised inflation in June 2025, with the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increasing by 0.5% compared to the same month last year, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus. Month-over-month, prices edged up 0.4% from May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"724\">Sectors such as <em data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"526\">Recreation and Culture<\/em> (+7.5%) and <em data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"563\">Restaurants and Hotels<\/em> (+5.5%) were the biggest contributors to the annual rise. On the other hand, <em data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"664\">Clothing and Footwear<\/em> saw the sharpest drop in prices, falling 5.0% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"971\">June\u2019s monthly shift was similarly shaped by leisure and hospitality, with <em data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"825\">Restaurants and Hotels<\/em> climbing 2.3% and <em data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"855\">Transport<\/em> rising by 1.8%. In contrast, <em data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"919\">Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages<\/em> experienced a 1.8% decline from the previous month.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1260\">For the January\u2013June 2025 period, inflation rose 1.6% compared to the same timeframe in 2024. Again, <em data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1098\">Recreation and Culture<\/em> (+7.4%) and <em data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1135\">Restaurants and Hotels<\/em> (+5.3%) posted the strongest annual growth. In contrast, <em data-start=\"1193\" data-end=\"1216\">Clothing and Footwear<\/em> dropped 5.4% in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1419\">From an economic category perspective, <em data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1309\">Energy<\/em> recorded the steepest annual fall at -9.6%, while <em data-start=\"1360\" data-end=\"1370\">Services<\/em> saw the highest monthly growth in June at +1.6%.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1419\"><em>Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus recorded a slight uptick in harmonised inflation in June 2025, with the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) increasing by 0.5% compared to the same month last year, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus. Month-over-month, prices edged up 0.4% from May. Sectors such as Recreation and Culture (+7.5%) and Restaurants and Hotels (+5.5%) [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":116335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116336,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116334\/revisions\/116336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}