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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, May 20 (Xinhua) — Belarus has achieved higher-than-expected results in terms of investment and real incomes of the population in the first four months of 2025, the press service of the country’s Economy Ministry reported on Monday.
GDP growth for January-April of this year was 2.8 percent. Its drivers were such sectors as construction /11.4 percent/, industry /1.3 percent/, information and communications /5.5 percent/ and trade /2.6 percent/.
Retail turnover for January-April 2025 increased by 10%, which is due to the accelerated growth of real incomes of the population /12% for January-March/.
In January-April, there was a significant increase in investment in fixed capital – plus 15 percent. Belarusian enterprises continue to actively invest in technological development and renewal: costs for the purchase of machinery and equipment increased by more than 20 percent.
Also, over four months, more than 1.14 million square meters of housing were put into operation in the country /112.1 percent of the level of the same period last year/.
Annual inflation in Belarus has accelerated somewhat and amounted to 6.5 percent in April. This is due to decisions taken to increase regulated prices/tariffs/, as well as to the growth of prices for some goods, mainly imported ones. –0–