In April, Swiss consumer prices increased by 0.1% from the previous month. Product items with increased prices were summer clothing, travel, and physical therapy; prices decreased with hotel accommodation and food.
Specifically, the price index for clothing and footwear products increased by 2.4%, transportation increased by 0.3%, alcoholic beverages increased by 0.3%, household goods and daily household repairs increased by 0.1%, etc.; price index decreases include: Food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.6%), other goods and services (-0.2%), newsletters (-0.1%).
During the same period, domestic commodity prices in Switzerland were the same as last month, and imported product prices increased by 0.3%. Compared with the same period last year, domestic commodity prices increased by 0.5%, and imported product prices fell by 1.2%.
