date:Oct 13, 2012
month rose by 5 percent on the month, followed by hikes in transport with 2.4 percent and household equipment and maintenance items with 2 percent, the statement said.
Rising inflation, now at 10.3 percent, and a mounting debt, seen at some 60 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by end-2012, prompted the central bank this week to cut this year's growth forecast to -1.5 percent from the previously seen -0.5 percent.
In a bid to tame concerns over inflation and debt, the bank this week also