On February 27, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. The Government of Belarus is finalizing the development of a set of measures that will allow inflation to be kept at the lower limit of 19%, and possibly, to remain within 15-16% during 2012. This was reported to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on February 27 by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Rumas, BELTA was informed by the press service of the head of state. The President was informed about the situation on the currency market and the measures being taken by the government to prevent unjustified price increases. Issues of the functioning of the currency and consumer markets are under the constant control of the head of state. In the three weeks of February, inflation was 1.4%. The largest contribution to it was made by higher education services, which increased by 19%, as well as the equalization of excise taxes on alcoholic products. Prices for more than 40% of the monitored product items remained at the January level or decreased during February. According to Sergei Rumas, this indicates that the monetary factors of inflation have already receded into the background and stabilization has been observed for a number of product items since the beginning of the year. The head of state instructed not to remove price dynamics from daily control. As for the situation on the currency market, it is also stable. Deposits of the population in banks are growing. Thus, according to the results of February, the growth of term deposits in Belarusian rubles alone is projected at Br1 trillion. The meeting also discussed the Eurasian Economic Commission, which began its work in January 2012. The head of state was informed about the progress in staffing the departments of the EEC. Belarus has a quota of 6%. Competitions have been announced for a number of leadership positions in the departments, some of them have already been completed, and citizens of Belarus have been appointed to leadership positions in the EEC by orders. -0-

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