Government reconfirm measures implemented in December to reduce Shopping cart Proportion of Spanish consumers TRUE and in which price drop food falling. But it doesn’t exclude initialization new measures If inflation It remains high, as stated by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planasat breakfast organized by European Press.
Planas states that the ‘trend’ of costs is ‘declining’ and ‘that families“Not later, because he insisted that the evolution of the effect of prices from the beginning (farmer) to the end (buyer) of the food chain was “not 24 or 48 hours.” on the eve of Contrary to (noticing the decrease in prices in your pocket), if there is no volatility factor, the minister says, “the moment is a kind of plateauwhere is it still very light oscillations“.
However, Planas sympathized with “public concern” and opened his store, assuming that the shopping cart was “an average of 15% expense for a family.” A retouching door to the measures approved at the end of December 2022, depending on price analysis result so in february National Institute of Statistics (INE) next March 14 “In January we stopped a very strong increase (with VAT reduction on some foods) and we still do not know exactly what happened in February because yesterday a very short reference. in function Reading the INE’s most in-depth analysis state will take appropriate measures“He moved on.
The leading indicator, released this Tuesday, puts the inflation rate at 6.1%, two-tenths the figure for January (5.9%) and four more than December (5.7%). On this note, the INE states that this evolution in the data, electricity prices Compared to the same month of 2022, food and soft drinks Despite the reduction in VAT on a large food basket, they rose more than then (when they recorded a monthly increase of 0.8%).
“In yesterday’s preview a riseHowever we are in a state of inflation. there is not one Magic wandHe added that he “has great confidence” in the work of this labor service. meat and fish, about what 14.4% discount on shopping cartAs has been done on fuels raised by Podemos, the other party in the governing coalition from April 2022. “You’re starting to understand what’s going on coalition government at the national level with two political cultures, two souls. Sometimes four, five or six in the same government. But what the government decides is, Council of Ministers“, added.
In addition, in his speech, Planas argued that the increase in the shopping cart is another derivative of the war in Ukraine, adding that there are not many references in the news. European Union about food price reductionsdespite stating the case, Hungarywhere is the government Victor Orban established food price limit (something Podemos has long advocated) and inflation in the country It is 46.8%. “It’s not a good measure, and I’m not happy for anyone, nor for them.”