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The year-on-year inflation rate of Bulgaria was 0% in November and deflation was registered since the beginning of the year, according to national statistics.

Between December 2015 and November 2016, the rate was -0.5%.

Bulgaria turned to modest inflation in Octover after reporting deflation or no change in prices for each of the previous five months, official data showed on Thursday.

Monthly consumer price inflation was 0.2% in October, the national statistical office NSI reported on Thursday.

In September, Bulgaria reported monthly deflation of 0.1% following zero inflation the prior month.

The consumer price index in February 2015, as compared to January 2015, stood at 100.2% and the monthly inflation amounted to 0.2%, according to data of Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute (NSI).

The inflation rate in February 2015, as compared to December 2014, stood at -0.2%.

The annual inflation rate in February 2015, as compared to February 2014, stood at -0.5%.

BELGRADE - Serbia's inflation in November stood at 2.4 percent, and in 11 months, since December 2013, its growth reached 2.2 percent, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia released in a statement on Friday.

Serbian March inflation figures released

BELGRADE -- Inflation in Serbia in March was 2.3 percent year-on-year, and 1.2 percent up since the start of 2014, the Statistical Office has announced.

Compared to February, the inflation figure was negative, at -0.3 percent in March.

BELGRADE - The inflation in March was 2.3 percent compared to March last year, while the inflation between the start of 2014 and the end of march was 1.2 percent and -0.3 percent when comparing March and February.