In October, consumer prices rose by 2.2%. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nIn particular, prices for food products in October rose by 3.0%, for non-food products – by 0.4%, for services – by 0.8%. In January-October, consumer prices rose by 7.9%, including for food products by 9.7%, for non-food products - by 4.2%, for services - by 5.3%. \n \nRecall that in September consumer prices rose by 1.3%, in January-September - by 5.6%. In October, the Cabinet of Ministers worsened the inflation forecast for 2004 from 7-7.6% to 8.5%. Initially, the Cabinet of Ministers forecast inflation in 2004 within the range of 5.8-6.3% (December to December of the previous year), average annual inflation at the level of 6.7%. In September, the Ministry of Economy worsened the inflation forecast for 2004 from 6.3 to 7-7.6%. In 2003, inflation was 8.2%. The Ministry of Economy forecasts inflation for 2005 at the level of 6.2%. \n \nBased on materials from "Ukrainian News".