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4.2 Inflation 4.2.1 CPI dynamics
Ukraine’s inflation accelerated to print 7.5% in February, up from 6.1% in January, the State Statistics Service said on March 9, reports Interfax Ukraine.
As elsewhere food prices were driving prices up. The prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages grew by 2.1% in February. Sunflower oil, vegetables, sugar rose in price most of all (by 7.6-5.5%). Prices for poultry meat, fruits, bread, beef, processed grain products, fish and fish products, pasta, sour cream, and butter rose by 3.8-1.3%. At the same time, eggs, dairy products and pork fell in price by 0.2-0.1%.
Prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco products grew by 1.3%, including by 1.4% for alcoholic beverages and by 1.3% tobacco products.
The decrease in prices (tariffs) for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 1.8% was mainly due to a 6.6% drop in prices for natural gas.
Transport prices rose by 1.6%, primarily due to the rise in prices for fuel and oils by 7.3%, travel in railway passenger transport – by 1.9%. At the same time, cars fell in price by 1.0%.
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