News Exercsie #263


1) What is the current rate of inflation?
2) Why does the sponge cake cost so much more than the pasta?
3) Apart from prices, what other problem do the have?
4) What is the International Monetary Fund forecast?
Answers:

1) What is the current rate of inflation?
Prices have doubled or tripled in the last month.

2) Why does the sponge cake cost so much more than the pasta?
The pasta’s price is regulated by the government but the sponge isn’t.

3) Apart from prices, what other problem do the have?
There are many shortages, changing day by day.

4) What is the International Monetary Fund forecast?
The IMF forecasts that it will end 2018 with an increase of 1,000,000%, and that next year it could be ten times higher.