Belarus will ensure GDP growth rate of 110-111% in 2010 - S.Sidorsky

August 25, Minsk / Lyudmila Sats - BELTA /. Belarus will ensure a GDP growth rate of 110-111% in 2010 compared to last year. This was stated today by Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky at a meeting with the asset of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, according to a BELTA correspondent. Sergei Sidorsky recalled that despite all the difficulties of the current year, the GDP growth rate for January-July was 107%, industrial production - about 110%, agricultural production - more than 108%, real cash incomes of the population increased by 8%, retail sales - by more than 15%. "Positive dynamics characterize other forecast parameters as well. Taken together, this means that the recovery of economic growth has become a widespread reality, and this, in turn, affects all aspects of the implementation of social programs and tasks," the Prime Minister emphasized. -0-