31.   Israel radio said that it was the lowest annual inflation rate in twenty years.

32.   National Economy Minister Yannos Papantoniou said he believed the annual inflation rate would continue to drop.

33.   On economic matters, the donors praised the government for slashing annual inflation from triple to single digits.

34.   Official statistics released by the government Thursday said annual inflation in Yugoslavia was zero percent, despite the rise in some prices and the black market exchange rate.

35.   That rate still would be by far the lowest since the start of reforms, which have set off quadruple- and triple-digit annual inflation rates.

36.   The annual inflation forecasts also take into account higher food prices as a result of the El Nino weather pattern.

37.   The result was considered excellent for Brazil, where annual inflation often reaches four digits.

38.   Dini said the latest data indicate that the annual inflation rate might come down in the coming months.

39.   Elsewhere in his remarks, Duisenberg said the euro zone was clearly approaching a return to annual inflation rates of less than two percent.

40.   Once again, the low -- or negative -- annual inflation rate was credited to drastic cuts in tobacco taxes by the federal government and several provinces in February.