On February 2, Minsk /Anna Kot - BELTA/. Belarusian Vice Premier Sergei Rumas believes that inflation in the country for January 2012 will not exceed 2%. He announced this to journalists today, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. "I believe that inflation by the end of January 2012 will not exceed 2%. This is, of course, high inflation, and we expected it to be lower, but at the same time, if we look, the main contribution to inflation was made by changes in prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. If we exclude these factors, then inflation is acceptable, and, of course, it is starting to decrease," the Vice Premier said. -0-

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