@MÖYKKYNEN lisää "terveen" talouden markkereita. Työkalupakissa vielä tuntuvat palkankorotukset ja setelipainon vääntäminen kaakkoon.
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Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service plans to introduce a ban on increasing food prices in 2024 by more than 30% within 60 days. The corresponding bill, developed on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, has already been sent to the government.
Large companies will be prohibited from raising prices by more than 30% for 60 days without an obvious reason - that is, if they cannot justify the increase with economic factors. Violators will first be given orders, the next step is to initiate a case. The goal is to stabilize food prices in Russia before the elections. The list of goods that the regulator will monitor will also be established by the government. Presumably, these will be the most socially significant products - meat, milk, eggs, bread, tea and others. Moreover, the anti-monopoly service will make a decision on unreasonable price increases based on data from the Ministry of Economic Development, the draft says.
At the same time, almost every fourth large company plans to increase prices to maintain operational efficiency, a new monitoring by the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs showed. In just one quarter, their share increased from 13.7 to 23%, becoming the highest since the spring of 2022. With this trend, before the end of the year, almost every company will raise prices. Among small companies, the percentage of those who plan to raise prices is many times greater.
But this is unlikely to keep prices down in Russia. After all, manufacturers have a lot of reasons to explain the growth - from the fall of the ruble and rising fuel prices to the rise in gas prices for industry. So it is unlikely that an artificial ban will keep prices low.