INFLATION UNDER CONTROL:
For the full year, consumer prices rose 11.3%, well within the government’s 11.8% target and down by almost half from the 1996 level of 21.8%. The government projects inflation in 1998 at 5.7%.
For the full year, consumer prices rose 11.3%, well within the government’s 11.8% target and down by almost half from the 1996 level of 21.8%. The government projects inflation in 1998 at 5.7%.
