According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, in October 2018, inflation was 0.4%, from the beginning of the year - 3.7% (in January-October 2017 - 5.4%), reports the press service of the National Bank.

"Annual inflation was at the level of 5.3% and is within the target corridor of the National Bank at the end of 2018 5-7%. In the structure of inflation, prices in annual terms for non-food products increased by 6.5%, for food products and paid services - by 4.7% and 4.8%, respectively," reads a statement.

In October 2018, inflationary expectations of the population decreased slightly. The quantitative estimate of the inflation expected in a year according to the results of the population survey was 6.3%, remaining above the actual inflation.

“The Qazaq Times”