Ruble appreciation, inflation to surpass forecasts - CBR chair

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) – The real rate of the ruble's appreciation in 2005 will be 10%, 2% beyond the forecasted 8%, and year-end inflation will exceed the government's target, 8.5%-10%, to reach 11%, Central Bank of Russia Chairman Sergei Ignatyev said Friday.