A small relief despite insufficient for most homes. HE meal price ended last April with 12.6% increase in the province of Alicante between years, that is four points less According to INE data, it is the first significant decrease in this indicator compared to the previous month and in over a year. In any case, a figure that is by no means reassuring. consumer associations, who condemns this shopping cart keeps exploding and above all they demand stronger measures to help the pockets of the most needy families.
And yet, in addition to the fact that food inflation remains unusually high despite this moderation in the climb, general price index rose more than one point last month. Special, 3.2% to 4.3% in the case of Alicante, which placed the province two-tenths above the national average.
an increase in the CPI marked by lower reduction in fuel and energy – pulled down price set in March – and eInadequate housing protection and maintenance services (+8.4%), cars (+8.5%), Hotels (+9.4%) and others for much more daily use, e.g. hostelor personal care establishments, which increase their prices by 6.7% on an inter-annual rate, are basically hairdressersrates increased by an average of 7%.
On the contrary, they continue their downtrend. transportation services (-10.4%), due to both the reduction in fuel and passenger subsidies; or teams telephoneIt has become 6.4% cheaper.
In any case, the focus Shopping cartThis represents a good portion of the fixed expenditure of citizens. In the special case of the province of Alicante, the data Food inflation was 12.6% compared to 16.6% in MarchA slightly more pronounced decline than the national average of 16.5% to 12.9%. But, as the main consumer associations highlight, a rise much higher than the increase experienced in salaries – the average contractually agreed increases in the province up to April were 2.84% – which translates into a loss of purchasing power for most households.
“The problem is we’ve been months like this, and local economies are increasingly hurt. We hope that with this small discount, no one will think that there is no need for help such as VAT reduction. one has to preserve and even increase“, assures the president of the Valencian Consumers and Users Association, Fernando Moner, it also points to the need to subsidize mortgage rates in households facing greater challenges.
He is also the general secretary of the Valencian Community Consumers’ Union (UCCV), vincent englandclaims more help For families who have difficulty helping them with their daily purchases, in line with Bono Comercio. It also advocates an extension of time. VAT discount on meat and fishThose who continue to pay 10%.
Last April, it was among the most inflationary foods. sugarwith an annual increase of 43.4%; the milk27.4% more expensive paid; the potatoes, up 19.5%; the cereals and its derivatives 16.3%; wave Porkwith 15.5%.
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Food prices have increased by more than 10% in over a year since the war started in Ukraine. Although the rise started moderately since November 2021, when it first surpassed 2%, it was in April of last year when prices suddenly rose to 11.4%. As the figure did not stop increasing until last February, it peaked at 16.9% in the province. It softened by three-tenths in March and fell four points to 12.8% last April.