KYIV, April 10 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in March 2023 accelerated to 1.5% from 0.7% in February and 0.8% in January, the State Statistics Service reported on Monday.

At the same time, inflation of 4.5% was recorded in March 2022, therefore, in annual terms, in March 2023 it decreased to 21.3% from 24.9% in February, 26% in January and 26.6% in December.

Underlying inflation also rose to 1.5% last month from 0.5% in February and 0.7% in January, the State Statistics Service said.