After-Easter market price increases!

The last families to return from vacation on Sunday after Easter will find themselves convinced that a new wave of after-Easter price increases has occurred yet again in goods and services related to everyday life.

And could it be otherwise since the production index (in other words, wholesale inflation) in March rose by almost 9% on an annual basis and 1.6% on a monthly basis, with charges already beginning to take effect in the consumer’s shopping basket, and generally, n the cost of our daily lives.

According to the Greek Statistical Authority notice, the General Index of Industrial Production in March 2011, compared with last March’s figure, rose by 8.7%, as much as the index had risen during the same period last year.

In comparison to February, the general index rose by 1.6%, against a 1.4% recorded increase during the corresponding comparison of indicators for the year 2010.

It is characteristic that for 4 months, the overall produce price index has been “running” at 7%...

The biggest burden, of course, comes from fuel prices. Characteristically, the price of unleaded petrol has risen by 4% in a month, reaching the historic high of 1.713 euros per liter, followed by electrical equipment, plastics, food and drinks…