The inflation rate in the Transnistrian region in October stood at 25 percent, which exceeds more than two times the 12 percent projection fixed for the entire year, Info-Prim Neo's field correspondent reports. Transnistria's self-styled economy minister Elena Chernenko informed on Wednesday the cabinet of ministers that the economic indicators for 2008 had been projected according to the economic performance registered in Q1-2007. However, the effects of last summer's drought now add some 3 percent each month to inflation, she explained. Concerning next year's forecasts, Chernenko is cautiously optimistic: “16 percent is the upper limit for next year”. The lowest inflation rate ever recorded in Transnistria was 8.5 percent in 2006.