December 4 (SeeNews) - Moldova's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.0% month-on-month in November, slower than a 1.5% monthly rise in October, the country's statistics office said on Friday.
Year-on-year, the country's CPI was down 0.7% in November compared to a 1.6% fall in October, the bureau said in a statement.
Moldova's November consumer prices, pct change:
|
|
M/M |
Y/Y |
| TOTAL |
+1.0 |
-0.7 |
| Food prices |
+1.6 |
-6.8 |
| Non-food prices |
+0.9 |
-0.2 |
| Services |
+0.2 |
+2.7 |
The government has forecast year-end inflation of 8.6% for 2009, compared to 7.3% in 2008. The International Monetary Fund sees Moldova's end-2009 inflation at 4.0%.
Moldova's consumer prices inflation slowed to 7.3% last year from 13.1% in 2007.