KIEV, Feb. 8 – The inflation figure in January 2011 of 1% has laid the foundation for retaining and strengthening of the price stability achieved last year, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the governor of National Bank of Ukraine.

"The price start of the year was successful: the first macroeconomic indicator shows there is a high likelihood that the price trends of the previous year could be improved on or at least repeated," he told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.