In particular, the Ministry of Treasury is charged with the task of defining the principal characteristics of the various types of investment funds, with special reference to eligible assets (listed securities, unlisted securities, real estate, etc. ), whether the fund is open or closed-end, and the nature of potential customers (small savers or institutional investors).
Had the annual rate of inflation been exactly 2 per cent since 1995, when we settled on that figure as our target, the consumer price index would have risen from a level of 102.8 in December 1994 to 127.6 in October of this year. The actual price level for October was 128.5 - a minimal difference, as it turns out.