Prices raised highly right from Quarter I and consecutively increasing in quarters II and III, but consecutively fell down in months of quarter IV (compared to previous month, prices in October fell by 0.19%; 0.76% in November and 0.68% in December). Generally, consumer prices were still at a high level. Consumer prices in December 2008 grew by 19.89% against December 2007 and the average prices in 2008 grew by 22.97% against 2007.
