WARSAW (dpa-AFX) - Poland's consumer price inflation rose to a five-month high in March and at a faster than expected pace, flash data from Statistics Poland showed on Friday.
The consumer price index rose 1.7 percent year-on-year in March, following a 1.2 percent rise in February. Economists had expected 1.6 percent inflation.
The latest reading was the highest since October 2018, when the inflation was 1.8 percent.
On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in March. Economists had expected a 0.2 percent rise.
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