DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus — In Tajikistan, inflation for January-September 2008 has stood at 12.7 percent, according to the State Committee for Statistics.
In September, an inflation rate in consumer’s sector amounted to 0.7 percent, while in August it was 1.8 percent.
Prices of food products rose 14.5 percent in nine months to September 30. Prices of nonfoods and paid service rendered to the population have risen over the report period 4.4 percent and 21.2 percent respectively.
The average monthly inflation rate in consumer’s sector has amounted to 1.41 percent (in January-August, it stood at 1.49 percent).
We will recall that by the end of last year, inflation had stood at 19.7 percent.
