DUSHANBE, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's inflation rate stood at 3.5 percent in 2025, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous year, National Bank of Tajikistan Chairman Firdavs Tolibzoda said Wednesday.
The inflation trend was mainly driven by a 4.5-percent increase in food prices, a 1.5-percent rise in non-food goods prices, and a 5.7-percent increase in paid services, Tolibzoda said at a press conference.
He noted that in the reporting year, the National Bank conducted 110 auctions to place its own securities totaling 63.6 billion somoni (around 6.7 billion U.S. dollars) in a bid to regulate money supply in circulation, manage liquidity of credit institutions, curb inflationary pressure and stimulate the financial market.
The refinancing rate, the main monetary policy instrument, was gradually reduced by 1.5 percentage points over the year to 7.5 percent annually, Tolibzoda said. ■