The Central Bank of Libya revealed the report of the consumer price index and inflation for the first half of 2022, where the data issued by the Statistics and Census Authority indicated that the general consumer price index rose during the first half of this year 2022 to record 286.4 points, an increase of 13.8 points on an annual basis, compared to 272.6 points during the same period of the previous year, to record the inflation rate for the first half of 2022 at a rate of 5.1%.
The report added an analysis of price trends in commodity groups, as the inflation rate increased in most commodity groups except for tobacco and education, where the food group index reached 325.4 points, an increase of 15.4 points, equivalent to 5.0%, and the clothing and footwear group index recorded 431.8 points , an increase of 18.7 points, equivalent to 4.5%. The index of housing, water, electricity, gas and other types of fuel also increased, as it scored 188.9 points, an increase of 12.7 points, equivalent to 7.3%.
The index of the furniture and household appliances group also increased by 14.0 points to record 363.5 points, equivalent to 4.0%. As for the health group, the index scored 364.6 points, an increase of 11.0 points, equivalent to 3.3%. The transport group index also recorded a remarkable increase of 20.2 points to reach 208.1 points, equivalent to 10.7%, and the communications group also increased the record by 0.6 points, to record 83.6 points, an increase of 0.7%, and the record for the entertainment and culture group was 207.0, an increase of 2.8 points, equivalent to 1.4%.
The Central Bank data showed an increase for the group of restaurants and hotels, the index also lost 346.0 points, an increase of 5.4 points, or 1.6%, as well as the group of other goods and services that witnessed an increase in the index by 11.9 points, recording 298.7 points, an increase of 4.1%, while the tobacco group index decreased by 0.1 point, equivalent to 0.1%, and prices were stable in the education group.