Brasília, November 20, 2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) technician, Lorenzo Perez, says that both the Cardoso administration and the future Lula administration are concerned with rising rates of inflation. Perez participated in a meeting with the future government transition team. He said the present government is taking steps to keep inflation under control and that he expected an improvement by the end of the year. (AB)