March 10 (SeeNews) - Moldova's consumer price inflation accelerated to 4.7% year-on-year in February, from 3% in January, official figures show.
On a monthly comparison basis, consumer prices rose 1.2% in February, after increasing at the same rate in January, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, BNS, on Friday.
In February, food prices rose 0.6% on the month and were 4.8% higher on the year.
Prices of non-food products increased by 0.7% on the month and rose 5.1% on the year.
Prices of public utility and transport services were up 2.7% month-on-month and increased by 3.9% on the year.
At its last monetary policy meeting held in February, Moldova's central bank, BNM, decided to keep its key rate at 9.0%, striving to hold inflation rate close to its 5.0% target.
The central bank projects 5.2% inflation in 2017 and 4.9% in 2018.
Moldova's consumer prices rose by 6.4% in 2016, after increasing by 9.7% a year earlier.
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