Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Annual inflation in Russia for the first time for the year has fallen below 10% – RBC

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Over January 2016 prices rose by about 0.9% against 3.9% a year earlier. Thus, over the past 12 months, inflation was 9.9%. Below 10% it fell for the first time in over a year

Since the beginning of January, consumer prices in Russia, according to Rosstat, rose by about 0.9%, whereas last year they grew in January amounted to 3, 9%. Given the fact that the results of 2015, inflation was 12.9%, it turns out that for the first time in more than a year fell in January 2016 the annual inflation rate below the psychologically important mark of 10%.

Earlier, Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a forecast that by the end of January 2016, inflation at an annual rate around 10%.

in the week from 26 January to 1 February 2016, prices in Russia, as the message of the Federal State Statistics service, increased by 0,2%.

in this case, certain types of products have risen in price much more. For example, the price of sugar and cabbage in the past week have increased by 1.2%, prices for carrot – by 1.1%, while prices for apples – just to 1,7%

In. Meanwhile, a number of products became cheaper: rice, beef and buckwheat – by 0.1%, pork and chicken – by 0.2%, eggs – by 0.3%, cucumbers – by 0,9%

<. p> at the end of 2015 inflation in Russia was higher than in most other countries, recorded by Rosstat in the preparation of the report. More than in Russia, where inflation was 12.9% last year, consumer prices rose only in Ukraine (43.3%) and Kazakhstan (by 13,6%).

According to the Ministry of Economic Development forecast on the basis of 2016 inflation in Russia will amount to 8,5%.

at the end of January, the Central Bank has taken not to change its key interest rate decision, citing an increase in the risk of accelerating inflation.

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