Statistics: Inflation in Russia stable at 0.1% Jan 31-Feb 6

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (PRIME) – Russian inflation amounted to 0.1% from January 31 through Monday, flat on the three previous weeks, and to 0.7% since January 1, the Federal State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.

Inflation totaled 0.1% from January 10 through 16, from January 17 through 23 and from January 24 through 30, and 0.3% from January 1 to 9. In January 2016 it came to 1%.

In the reported week, prices for butter rose by 0.6%, while prices for beef, frozen fish, milk, cheese, sour cream, curd and pasta grew by 0.2–0.4%.

Sugar prices fell by 1%, egg prices decreased by 0.9%, poultry and buckwheat prices fell by 0.3%, pork prices went down by 0.4%, and sunflower oil price declined by 0.2%.

Fruit and vegetable prices rose by 0.5% on average. Prices for potatoes increased by 1.2%, onion prices grew by 1.6%, tomato prices increased by 1.1%, cabbage prices went up by 0.8%, and carrot prices rose by 0.6%. Cucumber prices fell by 0.9%.

Gasoline prices increased by 0.2% and diesel fuel prices grew by 0.1%.

(59.1933 rubles – U.S. $1)

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