Belarus has increased its interest rates by 5 percentage points, from 20% to an annual rate of 25%.
The key rates a tool used by Central Banks to implement monetary policy.
An increase in interest rates is used to slow down inflation and protect the currency.
This change is the first to have taken place since on August13th 2014, when the Central Bank lowered interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 20%.
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