In June 2007 Sverdlovsk Region’s consumer price index exceeded the figures for May 2007 by .89% and those for June 2006 by 6.02%, regional statisticians report. The food price index was 1.81% greater than a month earlier and 4.27% greater than in June 2006, whereas the nonfood items price index was .41% greater than in May 2007 and 2.49% greater than a year earlier. The paid services price index exceeded the figures for May 2007 and June 2006 by .41% and 11.07%, respectively.