WHAT WENT UP IN PRICE IN MAY? INFLATION AT 100.6%
According to official data from the State Statistics Service, prices for consumer goods and services in Ukraine increased by 0.6% in May 2024 compared to April. Since the beginning of the year, the inflation rate in Ukraine has reached 2.0%. Core inflation in May 2024 compared to April 2024 amounted to 0.3%, and since the beginning of the year - 2.8%.
It is worth noting that
in the consumer market in May, prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.9%. Fruit prices rose the most (by 10.4%). Prices for vegetables, rice, fish and fish products, bread, dairy products, sugar, pasta, meat and meat products, and butter increased by 1.3-0.4%. At the same time, eggs fell by 14.3%, and prices for lard, milk, and dairy products decreased by 1.7-0.4%;
prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco products increased by 0.7%, due to a 1.4% rise in the price of tobacco products.
clothing and footwear fell by 1.5%, in particular, clothing by 1.7% and footwear by 1.4%.
The 0.9% increase in prices in the healthcare sector was primarily due to a 1.2% rise in prices for pharmaceuticals.
Transportation prices increased by 0.9%, mainly due to a 1.1% rise in fuel and oil prices.
Source: https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/express/expr2024/06/12.pdf
