Belstat has published inflation data for April. Monthly inflation amounted to 0.8%, or 0.2 percentage points higher than in March. At the same time, the annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 5.4%.
Since the beginning of the year, the consumer price index has increased by 2.5%. It should be recalled that the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade established monthly targets for permissible price growth. For April, the target stood at 3.1%.
Core inflation, which excludes changes in prices for seasonal and regulated goods and services, amounted to 0.4% in April, or 0.1 percentage points lower than in March. Since the beginning of the year, it has reached 1.7%.
In April, compared with March, food prices increased by 0.02%, non-food goods by 0.4%, and services by 2.8%.
Since the beginning of the year, food prices have risen by 1.7%, non-food goods by 1.2%, while service tariffs have increased by 5.4%.
On an annual basis, food prices rose by 6.3%, non-food goods by 2%, and service tariffs by 8.4%.
It should be recalled that the inflation target for 2026 is set at no more than 7%.
