Consumer price inflation decelerated in April, rising by 0.3% month-on-month (m/m) – a meaningful slowdown from March’s 1.2% m/m gain. On a year-over-year (y/y) basis, inflation was up 8.3% – down 0.2 percentage points (pp) from March. After having increased by over 30% in the last twelve months, energy prices fell by 2.7% m/m – […]
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