Consumer prices in Armenia were up 6.5 percent year-on-year in June after 5.9 percent inflation in May, the Statistical Committee said.

Deflation in June was 0.8 percent compared to a month earlier when the consumer price index declined by 0.4 percent. In January-June, inflation was 5.7 percent year-on-year.

Armenia’s government projects annual inflation in a range of 2.5-5.5 percent in 2021. The economic growth projection was revised to 6 percent from 3.2 percent.