There is no decline in Kosovo prices, Sk everyone: Businesses not manipulate government to see where this growth is coming from

For economics professor Nagip Svileri, our country continues to have price hikes and that this is happening by manipulation that businesses are dealing with the situation.

Kosovo's “reduces oil prices is reflecting slightly, but not on those sizes as in world countries. And in some basic products, we have price hikes, products that are essential for the consumer basket, especially those that are essential, such as bread, electricity, flour, oil, salt, sugar, and so many other”, Professor Schicker said of Telegrafi.

“Businesses are manipulating with the situation. Their manipulation relates to whether we have price hikes in those markets, which is not real. They are manipulating through the so-called supply chain, that this is being influenced by those countries that import” products, he adds.

He stresses this is abusive inflation.

It's not real inflation, it's abusive inflation. By manipulating the situation, businessmen called on behalf of him that world markets are in absentia and that they called to the war between Russia and Ukraine”, he points out.

Professor of UP's wants the Government of Kosovo, with its instruments, to see where this growth is coming from.

“The government through the instruments they have, is not looking at these contexts of where these prices are coming from, which is not real, and we have some inflation that we've been hiding in these crises that are facing an increase of”, it requires Sk everyone.

Citizens Shpend Lila says prices in Kosovo continue to remain high and that “after January 1st, there will be more numbers to buy food in Germany”.

“1.19 euros the price of oil in Pristina. Prices in Kosovo, especially food products, continue to remain at prices raised. A cart you've filled with 70 euros today costs a minimum 170 euros, or 200 euros. Oil prices were set up, to remember, the business told us. After January 1st [2024], there is more to buy food in Germany”, Lil writes on Facebook.

And citizen Salie Osmankaq asks why there are no discounts for products even though there is a decline in the price of oil derivatives.

The prices of derivatives and flour prices have dropped. That's good news. But why don't the prices of other products go down that were expensive immediately after the price of derivatives and flour was raised? Come on, cut the prices, what are you waiting for?

Otherwise, inflation measured by the Konsum Awards Index for April was 6.3 percent compared to the same period in the preceding year.

“The increase in consumer prices has been in phone and telephax equipment by 27.2 percent, transportation services at 5.6 percent, clothing and shoes by 1.5 percent, alcohol at 1.5 percent, mineral water, nonalcohol drinks, tree and vegetables by 1.2 percent, and trees by 0.1 percent, with a combined impact of these subgroups 0.4 percent (ASK), the Kosovo Statistics Agency points out.

Pyper and Valico in a survey conducted during February has found that price hikes continue to be the main concern of citizens in Kosovo.

According to this research, it turns out that Kosovo is experiencing less financial improvement than other countries in the region.

Kosovo is experiencing less financial improvement than other countries. Those surveyed are buying less than six months ago. Inflation has had great influence in Kosovo, where 73 percent of respondents have mentioned it as the main concern”, it says in research.