Ivanov hopes for GDP growth, inflation fall.

MIAMI (Itar-Tass) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei
Ivanov hopes the GDP will grow in the country 4.2 percent this year, while
inflation will be curbed to 8 percent.
"The GDP is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2011. We hope in future it
will be close to 5 percent," he told a forum of emerging economies in
Miami on Thursday adding world prices for key Russian exports - oil, gas
and metals - were extremely favorable.
He said per capita GDP was close to 15 thousand US dollars in Russia
which was twice as big as in China which is considered to be the second
biggest economy.
Russia has a 142-million population against one billion in China.
As for inflation, which growing food prices pushed to 9.6 percent,
Ivanov said the government plans to decrease it to 7.5-8 percent by the end of the year.