For the first seven months of this year, inflation reached 2%. Inflation slowed in April, when prices began to decline gradually.
The State Statistics Committee told Turan the annualized prices of food products rose by 2.3%. Non-food products in January-July went up by 1.3%, and services were 1.6% higher.
In July compared with June, consumer prices reduced 0.7%. Food prices in July fell by 1.4%. Prices of non-food goods and services remained stable.
In April of this year, consumer prices fell by 0.4% in May - 0.9% in June – by 1.3%.
The Center for Economic Research (NGO) has not published inflation data for July yet. However, official data on inflation are much lower than the alternative counts. Depending on the level of inflation, the government once a year indexes the basic part of labor pensions. - 08B-
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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has opened a representative office in Albania and is set to launch a specific project this year, the Albanian company "Albgaz" announced.
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