YEREVAN, March 2, /ARKA/. Armenia’s inflation rose further by 1.9% in February from the previous month driven primarily by growing food prices, including cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, which upped by 1.5% and service prices which grew by 3.4%, according to the latest numbers, released by the National Statistical Service. Prices of non-foods goods rose by 0.6%.

Consumer price index (CPI) in February rose by 12.4% from 2010 February. Food prices rose by 17.3%, non-foods by 5.4% and service prices by 7.5%. Consumer prices in February 2011 rose from 0.9% to 3.3% in the surveyed towns. The highest growth index was registered in Talin. In Yerevan consumer prices rose by 1.6%. The government projected 4% (±1,5% inflation index for 2011. -0-

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