Opposition charges prices are rising every day, Murati says inflation has fallen

Even in July, the inflation rate has continued to slow down to 2.4%, according to figures released by the AKS this week. Despite continuing challenges, in comparison with the countries of the region Kosovo stands best”, Murati said.

But, the opposition says life for Kosovo citizens has never been more expensive. Hykmete Bajrami from the LDK says compared to last year, prices have marked raises for 17%.

It has been two years since the prices in our country are not worth the debate or the debate, because citizens see and experience on daily grounds. Never has life been more expensive than today, basic products have never had higher prices until wages have remained almost the same. But according to the AKS, the estimated annual inflation rate in July 2023 with July 2022 was 2.4 % but remember that according to the same, The annual inflation rate measured in July 2022, with July 2021, was 14.2%. What do you mean? This? That means that if we compare the July 2023 prices to the July 2022 prices, they're up 17%. 14.2% (VII.2022) + 2.4% (VII.2023)+ (14.2 x 2.4) = 17%”, Bajrami said.

Former Finance Minister Haki Shatri has suggested there is no decline in inflation, but growth does not match the dynamics of the."

” Indexing, not dropping as Mr. Minister, but the increase is not of last year's dynamic, as has been 11.5 %, but the increase is 2.4%. Let's get this straight for citizens. There is an increase compared to last year, with July of last year, 2.4%. It's simple, it's not falling. It can be explained as a decline in growth, but it is growth. And this rise according to statistics turns out to be a result of rising prices in the largest consumer product, such as food, etc. While a discount is behind oil prices and personal transport prices due to the reduction of oil prices, which prices do not depend on us but depend on the bead of the oil market worldwide”, Sari said.

Zana Beqiri from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry says this decline in inflation is not a major achievement, since, according to her, there is a decline only in its percentage, compared to the previous year.

This is 2.4% above that 12% of the year. So it's not that it's a big achievement, it's good when inflation is small and controlled, but it doesn't mean that such a situation is due to the economy or the country. There is no drop in inflation, there is a decline in inflation rate compared to last year. So we can say it's an inflation decline. Mostly the smaller rise is behind the reasons that basic products have circulated more freely, and then there is the reduction in transport costs which have been blocked during the era, then it is stabilising electricity and it has brought a drop of cost”, Beqiri said.

A report by the Central Bank of Kosovo said that in the second quarter of 2022, inflation in Kosovo reached the highest levels since mid-2008, driven mainly by the extraordinary increase in energy and food prices. The Central Bank has also seen inflation in 2023 as about 6.2 percent. /21Media