Medvedev decided to focus on reducing inflation to four percent – Lenta.ru

The priority task of the Russian authorities – reducing inflation to four percent per year. On Tuesday, June 21 during the congress of the party “United Russia” in Magnitogorsk, said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti

«Another important way to reduce the cost of loans is lower inflation -. As it sounds banal, but it is true – up to a certain level to no more than four per cent per annum “, – quotes agency the words

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He said that the “United Russia”, and the government consider this task a priority. Medvedev noted that low inflation will not eat up wages and savings of the population and will maintain the usual level of consumption.

Earlier, on June 21, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the drop to six percent in 2016. The rise in prices, which is a record low for the country. “We see that inflation this year, quickly returned to normal,” – he said the official

As of 14 June, consumer prices in the country increased by 3.1 percent since the beginning of the year.. The lowest annual inflation rate in Russia was reached in 2011 – 6.1 percent

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