Core inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 6.6% in Feb

REUTERS

Core inflation in February 2017 accelerated to 0.7% compared to January 2017 against 0.4% in January 2017 from December 2016, the State Statistics Service said.

Since the beginning of the year, core inflation has been 1.1%.

Read alsoUkraine's central bank estimates GDP growth in 2016 at 2.2%The State Statistics Service said that the data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, and Donbas.

As UNIAN reported, inflation in Ukraine in February 2017 accelerated to 14.2% year-over-year, whereas it slowed to 1% from January 2017. Since the beginning of the year, consumer prices in Ukraine have grown by 2.1%.