Ljubljana – Slovenia’s annual inflation rate accelerated to 4.6% in November from 3% in the month before, the highest it has been since late 2008, on the back of higher prices of oil derivatives, show the latest Statistics Office data. At the monthly level prices were up by 0.7%. Surging prices of oil derivatives – petrol was up by 41.5% at the annual level and diesel by almost 47% – were the driving force behind the annual rate, contributing 1.8 percentage points to the overall consumer price growth. Price rises,…
