Core inflation up 6.3% in Ukraine in Apr

Core inflation in Ukraine in April 2017 remained at the level of 6.3% in annual terms, compared with April 2016, and recorded in March 2017 against March 2016, according to Ukrainian State Statistics Service's website.

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Core inflation in April 2017 slowed to 0.6% compared to March 2017 against 1.7% in March 2017 from February 2017, the State Statistics Service said.

Since the beginning of the year, core inflation has been 3.4%.

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.

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