Inflation in St. Petersburg accelerated to 6.06 percent

Annual inflation in St. Petersburg in August reached 6.06 percent. Over the month, prices in the city increased by 0.22 percent, follows from Rosstat data.

According to 78.ru, most of the month went up in price of non-food products. Prices for services grew more moderately, and products in August, on the contrary, became cheaper.

During the year, products have risen less than the entire consumer basket. Services at the same time added in price noticeably higher than the general level of inflation, and the growth in the cost of non-food products was approximately at the level of the general indicator in St. Petersburg.

In Russia, annual inflation in August also accelerated to 6.33 percent against 5.98 percent in July. At the same time, adjusted for seasonality, monthly price growth was lower than a month earlier.