ArmInfo. YOY inflation in June 2022 increased to 10.3% in the consumer market of Armenia. Food prices went up by 17.1%.

ArmInfo.A week earlier, Deputy Chairman of the  Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia Nerses Yeritsyan, presenting  this legislative initiative in the Parliament, noted that the need to  introduce such a register comes from the global standards for  combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In the  future, these changes, according to him, will allow to develop  innovative ideas related to the automation of bank accounts of  citizens, the introduction of electronic money, etc.

ArmInfo.Under the most optimistic scenario, Armenia's GDP will grow to 2% by the end of the year. If pessimistic forecasts are confirmed, the economy will collapse to  4-5%.  Economist Atom Margaryan stated this in an interview with ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The time has come to launch exchange mechanisms to contain sharp fluctuations in the exchange rate. This opinion was expressed at an online press  conference on December 17 by the head of the Center for Innovative  and Institutional Research of the Armenian State Economic University,  economist Atom Margaryan, noting that from an objective point of  view, external signals and of course costs and pressure on reserves  played a decisive role in the devaluation of the dram.