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Belarus bans consumer price rises in bid to tame inflation

Belarus bans consumer price rises in bid to tame inflation
Belarus bans consumer price rises in bid to tame inflation Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2022
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- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he was imposing a ban on consumer price rises in response to "exorbitant" inflation across the economy, state media reported.

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"From today, any price increase is prohibited. Prohibited!," the state-run Belta news agency quoted Lukashenko as saying in a meeting of government ministers.

"It starts today - not from tomorrow, but from today, so that prices cannot be inflated during the course of today," Lukashenko said.

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