OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2012. Belarus saw the consumer price index grow 1.8% in October 2012 to compared with 1.3% in September, 2.3% in August, 1.3% in July, 1.8% in June, 1.6% in May, 1.7% in April, 1.5% in March, 1.5% in February and 1.9% in January 2012, the National Statistics Committee told.

In January-October 2012 Belarus’ consumer prices grew 18.1%.

In October, staple food prices went up 2.3% (up 20.9% since early January 2012); non-food prices increased 1.2% (up 9.7%), and service prices went up 1.3% (27.8%).

Belarus’ inflation grew 108.7% in 2011, while the original forecast for 2011 stood at 7.5%-8.5%. The government expects inflation to stay under 19-22% in 2012.