Slovakia's annual inflation rate eased to 3.7% in October 2025 from 4.3% in the previous month, in line with market expectations. This marked the lowest level since April, as price growth slowed for food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.4% vs 3.6% in September), clothing and footwear (2.6% vs 3.3%), furnishings, household equipment, and routine household maintenance (3.1% vs 3.3%), health (2.5% vs 2.9%), transport (3.4% vs 4.2%), communication (4.3% vs 4.8%), education (8.9% vs 9.8%), and restaurants and hotels (8.9% vs 9.3%). Conversely, costs increased mostly for alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.1% vs 5.5%) and recreation and culture (5.4% vs 5.0%), while housing and utilities remained steady at 2.5%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices edged down by 0.1%, in line with forecasts but easing from a 0.2% increase in September. Meanwhile, core inflation, which excludes goods with regulated prices, slowed to a six-month low of 3.0% in October from 3.6% in the previous month.