Sweden's inflation continues to rise after breaking 30-year record
STORY: Sweden's inflation continues to rise after breaking 30-year record
DATELINE: May 13, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:17
LOCATION: Stockholm
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
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2 various of supermarket and shopping mall in Stockholm
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STORYLINE:
Statistics Sweden said on Thursday that Sweden's inflation has continued to rise in April after breaking its 30-year record a month ago.
The figure was 6.4 percent in April, up from 6.1 percent in March, when it surpassed the previous record set in December 1991.
The CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) 12-month inflation rate was 6.4 percent in April, up from 6.1 percent in March.
Higher energy prices is a leading factor for rising inflation.
Additionally, prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages continued to increase in April, with dairy products registering the highest price rise.
Analysts believed that the inflation will continue to grow r
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