Armenian consumer price index in July drops by 0.8% from June

Armenian consumer price index in July drops by 0.8% from June

YEREVAN, July 30, /ARKA/. Armenian consumer price index in July 2010
dropped by 0.8% from June, the country’s National Statistical Service
reported. According to its figures, food prices, including tobacco
products and alcoholic drinks, dropped by 1.5%, prices of non-food
goods fell by 0.4%, while prices of services rose by 0.2%

Consumer price index in June as opposed to 2009 December rose by
3.7%. Thus, prices of foods, including tobacco products and
alcoholic drinks, rose by 4.1%, prices of non-food goods rose 2.6% and
those of services went up by 3.5%.

In January-July the consumer price index rose by 0.5%, by 0.2
percentage point higher than in the first seven months of 2009. As
opposed to 2009 July the consumer price index rose by 7.8% with
foods, including tobacco products and alcoholic drinks, rising by
8.9%, non-foods rising by 7.4%, and services by 6.3%.

According to the National Statistical Service, the consumer price
index rose by 30.4% from 2005. Foods rose by 27.7%, non-foods by 23.8%
and services by 38.9%. -0-

From: A. Papazian