{"id":133888,"date":"2025-04-11T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133888\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"central-bank-core-inflation-kept-accelerating-in-march","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133888\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank: core inflation kept accelerating in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 11, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Core inflation, which does not include changes in prices of seasonal goods, volatile or controlled prices, accelerated to 6.1 percent in March, the Belarusian central bank reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core inflation was reported at 5.7 percent in January and 5.8 percent in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, fruit and vegetable prices climbed by 4.7 percent, while government-controlled prices and tariffs rose by 5.4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumer prices rose by 0.8 percent in March, 2.8 percent since the start of the year and 5.9 percent in the 12 months through March. The government is expecting inflation to slow down to 5 percent this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the government shortened the list of goods subject to price controls by 36.3 percent, from 331 to 211 items, following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s order to work out a new system of price controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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