Prices of common household goods including Irish potatoes, sugar and beans increased by 12.5, 12 and 7.5 per cent.
Prices of a kilo of maize flour, cooking oil and carrots dropped by 3.6, 3.5 and 2.4 per cent respectively.
Beer, wine and rent went up by 1.2, 0.8 and 0.7 per cent respectively. Even so, vegetable prices eased during the month, with carrot and onion prices dropping 6.4 and 2.4 per cent in that order.
