Baku / 10.10.17 / Turan: For nine months of 2017, inflation in annual terms in Azerbaijan was 13.9%, the State Statistics Committee reported.
During this period, food prices went up by 17.9%, non-food products - 12.5%. The population pays private companies and state suppliers of municipal and other services 9.6% more, year on year.
Only in September compared with the previous month, consumer prices rose by 0.7%, including food - 1.4%, non-food products - 0.4%, as well as paid services to the population - 0.1%.
Annual inflation is taken into account when indexing the insurance part of labor pensions. In 2016, inflation was 12.4%. -0 ----
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