Core inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 8.6%

The core inflation in Ukraine in November 2017 in annual terms, compared to November 2016, sped up to 8.6% from 8.1%, seen in October-2017 by October-2016, as reported on the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

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Compared with the previous month, core inflation in November slowed to 1% from 1.2%, the report says.

From the beginning of the year, compared to December 2016, the core inflation was at 8.6%.

Read alsoUkraine’s Parliament approves State Budget-2018: Key figuresAs UNIAN reported, in November inflation in Ukraine was recorded at 0.9% against the previous month and 13.6% in annual terms. According to the statistics agency’s methodology, core inflation excludes short-term uneven price changes under the influence of certain administrative, eventual, and seasonal factors.

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