Year-on-year, consumer price inflation in September slowed to 10.7% from 11.7% in August, the bureau said in a statement.
Cumulative inflation for the first nine months of 2008 was 6.7% versus 9.0% a year earlier.
Moldova's September consumer prices, pct change:
M/M | Y/Y | |
TOTAL | +0.6 | +10.7 |
Food prices | +1.3 | +10.6 |
Non-food prices | +0.1 | +7.4 |
Services | +0.7 | +16.3 |
The International Monetary Fund sees Moldova's consumer prices growing by 11.4% in 2008. The government has forecast year-end inflation of 11.5% for 2008, compared to 13.1% in 2007.