Ukraine’s annual inflation sees surprise rise at 45.8%

‘Official data show the annual inflation rate in crisis-hit Ukraine has jumped to 45.8 percent.

The increase follows a steep acceleration of 10.8 percent in March, according to the country’s statistics office.

The eastern European nation, which had been the scene of a year of deadly clashes between its army and pro-Russia forces in the east, had a month-on-month inflation of 5.3 percent in February and 3.1 percent in January 2015.’

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