The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) on August 1 presents its third report on the annual inflation rate forecast for 2013. The last forecast of the Bank’s Administration Board was 4.3%, IPN reports.

The annual rate of inflation in June was 5.5%, down 0.2 percentage points compared with May. Over the last 17 months, the annual inflation rate has remained within the variation interval of 5% ±1.5 percentage points. The figure is within the target rate of the central bank.