Ukraine: Inflation accelerates in April from March
Latest reading: Consumer prices increased 8.6% in annual terms in April, following a 7.9% rise in the prior month.
Relative to the prior month’s figures, there were higher price pressures for food and non-alcoholic beverages (+9.6% on a year-on-year basis vs +9.5% in March), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+1.9% vs +1.7% in March) and transportation (+19.1% vs +13.4% in March).
Meanwhile, core consumer prices increased 7.6% on a year-on-year basis in April, following a 7.1% rise in the previous month.
Lastly, consumer prices rose 1.40% in April on a month-on-month basis, following a 1.70% rise in the previous month.