{"id":137859,"date":"2025-05-13T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T10:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137859\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"central-bank-core-inflation-accelerating-for-four-months","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137859\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank: core inflation accelerating for four months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 13, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Core inflation, which does not include changes in prices of seasonal goods, volatile or controlled prices, accelerated to 6.6 percent in April, the Belarusian central bank reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core inflation has been rising since January, to 5.8 percent in February and 6.1 percent in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, fruit and vegetable prices climbed by 6.8 percent; government-controlled prices and tariffs, by 6.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumer prices rose by 1 percent in April, 3.8 percent since the start of the year and 6.5 percent in the 12 months through April. Authorities are expecting inflation to slow down to 5 percent this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last 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\u2019s order to work out a new system of price controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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