Russian CPI accelerates to 17.83% year-on-year rise in April Highest since 2002 | Reuters

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April, released by the Russian Federation Statistics Bureau (Rosstat) on the 13th, rose 17.83% year-on-year, accelerating from 16.69% in March, to January 2002. It was the highest level since then. Taken in January 2015 (2022 Archyde.com)

[Archyde.com]–The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April released by the Russian Federation Statistics Bureau (Rosstat) increased by 17.83% from the same month of the previous year, accelerating from 16.69% in March. However, it was the highest level since January 2002. Unstable rubles and sanctions in Western nations pushed up.

On the other hand, the month-on-month increase was 1.56%, slowing down from the highest since January 1999, which was 7.61% in March.

RUSSIAN CPI April 22 March 22 April 21

Mth/mth pct change +1.56% +7.61 +0.58%

– food +2.87% +6.73 +0.75%

– non-food +0.53% +11.25 +0.66%

– services +1.07% +3.99 +0.22%

Y/Y pct change +17.83% +16.69 +5.53%

Core CPI y/y pct change +20.37% +18.69 +5.47%