Price hikes continue, citizens complain

Prices of part of food products, clothing, tools, and household equipment, as well as many other goods, have marked increases in recent months.

We can't see that day-to-day prices are rising”, one citizen said.

The seven are things compared to the salaries we have, especially with the income of pensioners, but they are helping our children, that otherwise half of the pension goes to therapy”, added another citizen.

According to the Kosovo Statistics Agency, compared to July of last year, this year the price of coffee and tea has risen for 16.9% of meat for 12,7% of trees 12.3% of vegetables for 10.7%, while oil and fat for 9.9%.

The lift has also suffered prices of other products, such as milk, cheese, eggs, juices, and alcoholic beverages.

Awareers of the economy point out that for the standard of living in Kosovo, prices are currently high.

The price raising risks the category of households with social assistance, pensioners, but also those employed in the public sector, but also in the private sector, because wage growth rarely occurs, as inflation increases every month, which for the economy of consumers in Kosovo is unaffordable”, said Jakup Bellaqa, an expert on the economy.

According to Bellafis, the following months are expected to be a new wave of price hikes, due to the release of large businesses into the free energy market.

“The consequences will be greater, because economic growth will be reduced, the gross product will be reduced, which will actually cost the Kosovo economy”, Bellaqa added.

Many large businesses in the country have warned of rising prices of products, reasoning this at electricity costs, which are estimated to increase by 100 percent. /rtk/ Periscope.