Bosnia and Herzegovina’s annual inflation rate slowed to 3.6% in July 2026 from 4.2% in June, its lowest level since February, while Bahrain’s increased to 3.0% from 2.3% in each of the previous two months, reaching its highest level since December 2022. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, food and non-alcoholic beverage prices fell 1.1% year over year after a 0.5% decline in June, while clothing and footwear prices dropped 7.8% after a 7.2% fall. Inflation also moderated for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, transport, communication, restaurants and hotels, and miscellaneous goods and services, but accelerated for housing and utilities, furnishings and household equipment, health, and recreation and culture. Education inflation was unchanged at 1.8%, and consumer prices fell 0.4% month over month after declining 1.1% in June. In Bahrain, food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation accelerated, while prices rebounded in recreation and culture and restaurants and hotels. Deflation eased in clothing and footwear, housing and utilities, and health; transport and miscellaneous-goods inflation moderated; and prices fell further for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, furnishings and household equipment, and communication. Education prices were unchanged at 2.8%, while monthly consumer-price growth slowed to 0.3% from 0.9%.