Core inflation in January accelerates to 0.4%

Core inflation in Ukraine in January 2017 accelerated to 0.4% compared with December 2016, after no changes December to November, as reported on the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

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In annual terms, January 2017 to January 2016, core inflation was recorded at 6.2%, the report reads.

The State Statistics Service said that the data excluded the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas.

Read alsoNBU to up fivefold foreign currency purchase limit for banksAs UNIAN reported earlier, inflation in Ukraine in January 2017 accelerated to 1.1% compared to the previous month and up 12.6% in annual terms.

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