On Thursday, President of Ukraine gave an interview to national television. Answering a question of National Channel One journalist Yuriy Gromnytsky about inflation President Victor Yushchenko said: “Inflation is a factor we will always be facing. The scale of the inflation what is important here. Speaking about January-February rates, these rates oblige the Government to form a new budget and to protect groups of people which were affected by the inflation.”

According to the President`s press-office, he also appealed for drawing conclusions out of the situation with inflation during first two months of 2008.