DUSHANBE, May 13, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) reports that inflation for the first four months of this year has stood at 1.9 percent, 0.5 percent higher than in January-April last year.

We will recall that inflation for January stood at 0.5 percent, for February – at 0.6 percent, and for March – at 0.1 percent   

The 2012 year-end inflation reportedly stood at 6.4 percent, which was 2.9 percent fewer than in 2011, according to Tajik central bank.

The Tajik authorities expect year-end inflation to stand at 9.0 percent in 2013.