Weekly inflation in Russia slowed to 0.18%

Inflation in Russia in the week from February 7 to 13 slowed to 0.18% after 0.26% in the previous week, should from the materials of Rosstat.

Since the beginning of February, consumer prices in Russia have grown by 0.4%, and by 1.24% since the beginning of the year.

During the specified period, prices for the following categories of food products increased: eggs – 0.7%, black black tea – 0.4%, beef, sour cream, hard, semi-hard and soft cheeses – 0.2%, cookies, pasta – 0 ,1%.

Prices for fruits and vegetables increased by an average of 3.3%, including onions – 10.1%, cucumbers – 6.2%, tomatoes – 4.1%, bananas – 2.8%, carrots – 2, 4%, potatoes – 2.2%, table beets – 0.4%.

At the same time, prices for buckwheat and wheat flour decreased – 1.1%, pork – 0.6%, granulated sugar, millet – by 0.2%, sausages, sausages, butter, table salt, rice – 0 ,1%.

Among the groups of medicines, prices for allochol, validol and multivitamins increased by 0.3%, analgin – by 0.2%. Prices for Corvalol decreased by 0.3%, levomekol – by 0.2%, combined analgesics, rengalin and ergoferon – by 0.1%.

Of certain types of non-food essential goods, the price of toothpaste rose by 1.3%, matches – by 0.5%, diapers for newborns – by 0.3%, toothbrushes and washing powders – by 0.2%, sanitary pads and soap economic – by 0.1%.

At the end of 2022, inflation in Russia amounted to 11.94% after 8.39% in 2021. This year, the Ministry of Economic Development expects inflation at 5.5%. According to the forecast of the Central Bank, it will be 5-7%. In December 2022, inflation in monthly terms amounted to 0.78% (the relatively high rate was affected by the transfer of indexation of housing and communal services tariffs from summer 2023 to 2022) after 0.37% in November, 0.18% in October and 0 .05% in September. In the summer, Rosstat recorded deflation for three months.

As Vedomosti wrote earlier, stagnation in demand became one of the key economic problems in late 2022 – early 2023. Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov made a report on this issue at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The key task for 2023 was the restoration of demand, the main indicator of which in the current situation is inflation.