YEREVAN. – Increasing prices for food and non-alcoholic beverage drove the inflation rate higher in Armenia this January.
A 1.7 percent inflation was recorded in consumer market in January as compared with December after the prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages went up by 3.8 percent, the data provided by the national statistical service shows.
In Yerevan consumer prices went up by 1.2 percent.
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