{"id":182326,"date":"2026-04-04T18:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:44:06","slug":"central-bank-head-expecting-inflation-to-slow-in-march","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182326\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank head expecting inflation to slow in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April<\/strong><strong> 4, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, head of the National Bank of Belarus, is expecting annual inflation to slow from 5.6 percent in February to 5.4 percent in March. In a televised interview, he said that a rise in fuel prices might accelerate inflation this month, but he is expecting it to slow down anyway later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the trend continues as expected, the central bank might consider cutting its base refinance rate, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late June 2025, the central bank raised the base refinance rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government controls the prices of some goods to prevent uncontrolled inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/eabr-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">EDB sees growth potential for Belarus consumer spending<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 30, Pozirk. Sustained wage increases in Belarus drive household disposable income growth, supporting further expansion in consumer activity, the Eurasian Development Bank\u2019s (EDB) said in its recent review. In February, real wages growth accelerated to 6.5 percent after a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181559\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, Pozirk. Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka, head of the National Bank of Belarus, is expecting annual inflation to slow from 5.6 percent in February to 5.4 percent in March. In a televised interview, he said that a rise in fuel prices might accelerate inflation this month, but he is expecting it to slow down anyway later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76186,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-182326","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Central bank head expecting inflation to slow in March | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 4, Pozirk. 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