The worst reason for price increases: “Prices are rising due to deficit in the budget”
BizLife 29.12.2020 | Danas
The price increases that consumers in Serbia will face after the New Year, as well as those that have already burdened their household budget, are a consequence of price increases that are not based on market circumstances, but state’s tendency to fill the budget deficit, interlocutors of the Danas daily newspaper are of an opinion.
The list of products that have become more expensive or have yet to become more expensive is long. Thus, one of the most basic foodstuffs, such as cooking oil, had a price increase twice, first in October and then again in November, in the total amount of around 13 percent. The increase in the price of sunflower on the market by 25 percent compared to 2019 was listed as a reason for the increase in the price of cooking oil, so consumers pay RSD 130 to RSD 160 for a
