Bulgaria inflation slows in March

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Bulgaria’s consumer price inflation eased for the second straight month in March, figures from the Sofia-based National Statistical Institute (NSI) show. The consumer price index rose 3.0 year-on-year in March, after a 3.7% increase in February.
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Prices in food and non-alcoholic beverages grew 6.7% annually in March, while communication costs declined 3.2%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.6% in March, after a 0.1% rise in the previous month.
The EU measure of harmonized index of consumer prices, or HICP, rose 2.4% yearly in March and declined 0.5% from the previous month, the NSI said on April 15.
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