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Russia's weekly inflation edges up to 0.07%, official data shows
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Posted on May 21, 2025
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Posted on May 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Russia's weekly inflation rose to 0.07%, with year-to-date price growth at 3.27%. The central bank maintains interest rates, monitoring inflation closely.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's weekly inflation, a figure closely watched by the central bank, edged up to 0.07% after a 0.06% rise in the previous week, according to statistical data released on Wednesday.
The increase brought price growth to 3.27% since the start of the year.
The central bank, which forecasts inflation at 7.0-8.0% this year, kept its key interest rate on hold last month, saying that inflationary pressure was receding but remained high.
A Reuters poll of analysts showed in April that full-year inflation is expected to be in line with the forecast at 7.0% in 2025, compared to 6.8% predicted in last month's poll.
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; writing by Gleb Bryanski; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
Russia's weekly inflation has edged up to 0.07%, following a 0.06% rise in the previous week.
The central bank forecasts inflation to be between 7.0% and 8.0% for this year.
Price growth in Russia has reached 3.27% since the beginning of the year.
A Reuters poll indicated that full-year inflation is expected to align with the central bank's forecast at 7.0% in 2025.
The central bank decided to keep its key interest rate on hold last month, citing that inflationary pressure is receding but remains high.
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