KYIV, Feb 9 - Inflation in Ukraine in January was 1.5% compared to 1% in December 2017, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported.

According to its data, in annual terms the growth of consumer prices also accelerated in January to 14.1% from 12.6% over the same period in the past year.

Underlying inflation in January 2018 compared with December 2017 amounted to 0.7%, from January last year to 9.8%.