The cabinet's recent austerity measures have contributed to a 5.3 per cent increase in consumer prices in January from December, the biggest month-on-month growth since July 1999. Consumer prices rose 7.3 percent year-on-year, partly in response to January 1 hikes in regulated prices.
Compiled by Martina Pisárová from press reports.
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