2.8% inflation recorded in Armenia in Jan-Aug 2009

YEREVAN, September 18. /ARKA/. Armenia recorded 2.8% inflation in
Jan-Aug 2009, compared with the same period a year earlier, National
Statistical Service of Armenia reports.

Consumer prices rose two percent in August 2009, compared with December
2008.

According to the statistical report, 0.4% deflation was recorded in
August, compared with July.

Armenian government has planned 4% (±1.5%) inflation for 2009 in the
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