Retail price rises declined to 9.87 per cent in December, the buck in three months, on the flipside of self-control in vegetable cost rise, regime data showed on Monday.
Retail price rises based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 11.16 per cent in November.
Increase for food and beverages eased to 12.76 per cent in December from 14.72 per cent recorded in the earlier month, according to data at large by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).