Pace of price growth in Ukraine accelerates to 16.4%

Consumer inflation in Ukraine in September 2017 accelerated to 16.4% from 16.2% a month earlier in annual terms, compared to September 2016, according to the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

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Compared with August, inflation was recorded at 2% after a 0.1% deflation in August against July, the report says.

Since the beginning of the year, compared with December 2016, consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 10.2%, the State Statistics Agency writes.

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