November 5 (SeeNews) - Moldova's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.5% month-on-month in October after a 0.6% monthly fall in September, the country's statistics office said on Tuesday.
Year-on-year, the country's CPI was down 1.6% in October compared to a 2.3% fall in September, the bureau said in a statement.
Moldova's October consumer prices, pct change:
|
|
M/M |
Y/Y |
| TOTAL |
+1.5 |
-1.6 |
| Food prices |
+3.0 |
-6.8 |
| Non-food prices |
+0.7 |
-0.7 |
| Services |
+0.8 |
+3.8 |
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.