YEREVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. 0.3% deflation was recorded in Armenia in January-October 2012, as compared with the same period of the year, against 4.5% inflation in the CIS on the whole.
CIS Statistical Committee also reports that, in the same period, consumer market prices dropped in Azerbaijan and Ukraine as well – by 1.9% and 0.3% respectively.
Yet, in October against September, Armenian consumer prices climbed by 1.3%. In the same period, 0.5% inflation was recorded in CIS as a whole.
In all other CIS countries inflation was recorded apart from Ukraine where prices remained unchanged in October against September.
The highest increase in consumer prices in 10 months, 18.1%, was observed in Belarus, as compared with January-October 2011. Price rises for the other countries are as follows: Tajikistan – 6.1%, Russia – 5.6%, Kyrgyzstan – 5%, Kazakhstan – 4.6%, Moldova – 3%.
Consumer prices rose by 1.1% in Turkmenistan in September 2012, compared with December 2011.–0–
