
The economic rate for the first quarter made 8%; inflation made 1.3%. The first vice PM, the Finance Minister Mykola Azarov named such figures at the Cabinet session, the ForUm’s correspondent informs.
Azarov noted that eight months of Yanukovych’s Government work is the time of price stability for basic products and commodities.
Azarov noted that there was never such inflation rate at such economic growth. “It is our contribution to the social protection and increase of the welfare of each Ukrainian family,” he added.
According to him, since April 1 the Government has speeded up growth of living standards of the people despite current political situation.