OREANDA-NEWS. October 17, 2011. Belarus’ Economy Ministry has released a forecast with end-of-year inflation expected at 100%, a government source told reporters.

“We have a few inflation forecasts, however the most realistic is that the annual rate of inflation will come close to 100%”, the undisclosed official said.

According to the National Statistics Committee, Belarus saw the consumer price index grow 10.5% over the first 20 days of September, and 69.7% since early this year.