Bank Of Baku

Azerbaijan’s economic growth rate declined 2.5 times while inflation rose 5.4%

Azerbaijan’s economic growth rate declined 2.5 times while inflation rose 5.4%
# 17 September 2008 14:21 (UTC +04:00)
This is not a good performance compared to the same period last year when GDP growth rate was 32.5%.
The top body said industrial production reached AZN 20.479.8 million with an annual growth rate of 9.6%, compared to 32.7% last year.
Production in agriculture, hunting and forestry rose 8.5% to AZN 2 370.8 million, the rise was 10.6% in cargo transportation to 119.3 million tons, communications services grew 31.7% to AZN 581.5 million and retail turnover increased 15.3% to AZN 6 781.2 million.
Besides, the amount of paid services consumed by population increased 29.6% to AZN 2 027.7 million. Income earned by population went up 35.4% to AZN 12.709.5 million and per capita income jumped 33.8% to AZN 1 488.1.
Consumer Price Index (inflation) went up 21.3% in the country, up 5.4% from a year earlier.
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