Russian Inflation Dips Again as Risks Mount From Putin’s Call-Up
Price growth decelerates more than forecast, reaches below 13%
Mobilization is threat to prices if it leads to labor shortage
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Russian inflation decelerated to the lowest since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, though risks are on the rise after the Kremlin’s call-up of reservists to fight in the war.
Data on Wednesday showed annual inflation slowed to 12.6% in October, a slightly larger decline than forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey. It decelerated for a sixth month from a peak of almost 18% in April.
