TABLE-Czech Aug CPI +0.3 pct m/m, +2.4 pct y/y

...        AUG 07      JULY 07      AUG 06 
 pct change month/month         0.3          0.4         0.2 
 pct change year/year           2.4          2.3         3.1 
 
    NOTE: In August the average rate of inflation over the past 
12 months was 2.0 percent. 
    The statistics office updated the basket of goods and 
services used to calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as of 
January 2007, rebasing it to 2005 and raising the weight of 
housing as well as transport costs at the expense of foodstuffs. 
    Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted that month-on-month 
consumer prices rose in August by 0.3 percent, putting the 
year-on-year inflation rate at 2.4 percent  
. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/INFLATION