{"id":281988,"date":"2011-02-25T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/russia-raises-rate-amid-inflation\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:44:16","slug":"russia-raises-rate-amid-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/russia-raises-rate-amid-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia raises rate amid inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"48.3649085038\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>25 February 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>07:44 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russia has raised its key interest rate for the first time since 2008 amid concerns over accelerating inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow&#8217;s Central Bank increased the refinancing rate to 8% from its historic low of 7.75%<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin said additional measures were needed to halt inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Steps already taken include abandoning import duties to allow free access of food into Russia, and the sale of grain from the state fund.<\/p>\n<p>Prices in Russia rose 8.8% over the last year and 2.4% in January alone.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s food prices sky-rocketed after last summer&#8217;s severe drought which destroyed most of the harvest, and food import prices shot up as well.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kudrin said the government would try to meet its initial 2011 inflation target of 7%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/business-12579103\" title=\"Russia raises rate amid inflation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia raises rate amid inflation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 February 2011 Last updated at 07:44 ET Russia has raised its key interest rate for the first time since 2008 amid concerns over accelerating inflation. 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