KYIV, March 10 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in February 2021 accelerated year-over-year to 7.5% from 6.1% in January and from 5% in December 2020, the State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.

According to the data, in February inflation fell to 1%, while in January it was 1.3% and in December 0.9%.

The State Statistics Service in February 2021 compared to January 2021 recorded underlying inflation of 0.5%, and 0.8% since the beginning of the year (in January 2021 it was 0.3%).