This includes the coordination of inflation control from the demand and supply sides, among others through the National Movement for Food Inflation Control (GNPIP), additional fiscal budget support to lower regional inflation through the Regional Incentive Fund (DID) and the use of Unexpected Expenditures component (BTT), transportation subsidies using the General Transfer Fund (DTU), as well as other stabilization policies that were able to reduce inflationary pressures.
  Second, despite this strength in the mining sector, overall economic growth is turning out to be weaker. The forecasts published earlier this month reduced growth in GDP for 2011 to 3¼ per cent, versus 3¾ per cent expected last November.