Inflation in Iran amounted to 25.4 percent on the average during the past [Iranian calendar] year.
The inflation rate increased from 21.8 percent in the first calendar month of Farvardin to 31.3 percent in the final month of Esfand, according to the report. Growth in liquidity and foreign currency exchange rates were probably the main causes of inflation rise.
In December 2012, IRNA quoted Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Shamseddin Hosseini as saying that the Iranian administration has special plans to curb a probable surge in inflation during the final months of the current Iranian calendar year, ending on March 20, 2013.
The International Monetary Fund said on April 16 that the economy of the Islamic republic is forecast to grow next year by 1.1%.
The IMF said the "macroeconomic environment is likely to remain difficult, given the sharp depreciation of the currency and adverse external conditions, which would sustain inflation at relatively high levels."
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