Polish inflation at 17.2% in September: stats office

Inflation in Poland stood at 17.2 percent in year-on-year terms in September, the country’s statistics office reported on Friday.

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The reading was in line with a flash estimate released by the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency at the end of last month.

Consumer #prices in #Poland in September 2022 increased by 17.2% YoY (price index 117.2). Compared to the previous month they increased by 1.6% (price index 101.6). https://t.co/kP8OA0ehfH#StatisticsPoland #statistics #CPI #PriceIndices #PriceIndex #inflation pic.twitter.com/eXHTkZNIMR

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) October 14, 2022

In August, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 16.1 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency.

In July, Poland's consumer price index stood at 15.6 percent, Statistics Poland reported.

The Polish central bank’s Monetary Policy Council last month raised key interest rates for the 11th consecutive time in a bid to tame inflation.

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Source: PAP