Armenia posted 3.2% inflation in January-September against average 3.5% across CIS

06.11.2013 15:20
Armenia posted 3.2% inflation in January-September against average 3.5% across CIS

YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Inflation was 3.2% in Armenia in January-September from a year earlier, as compared to an average of 3.5% in the CIS in the period, the CIS Statistical Committee reported.

Armenia had the second highest inflation rates in the CIS, staying behind Belarus which posted 10-percent inflation in the period.

Azerbaijan reported 2.7-percent inflation, Russia –2.4%, Kazakhstan –2.2%, Tajikistan –1.4%, Kyrgyzstan –1.1% and Ukraine –0.1%.

Inflation levels in other CIS countries in the period were as follows: Russia 4.7%, Kazakhstan 3.3%, Tajikistan 2.8%, Moldova 2.3%, Kyrgyzstan 1.6% and Azerbaijan 0.2%.

Only semi-annual data were provided for Turkmenistan that recorded a 1.7% deflation. Ukraine posted 0.6% deflation. No data are provided for Uzbekistan.

Consumer prices dropped 0.2% in Armenia in September 2013 from August (average 0.2% inflation in the CIS).

The highest increase in consumer prices in the period was reported in Belarus (1.7%) followed by Moldova (1.1%), Kyrgyzstan (0.5%), Tajikistan (0.3%), Russia (0.2%), Kazakhstan (0.2%) and Azerbaijan (0.1%).

Consumer price index remained unchanged in Ukraine in September against August.—0-


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