ADUC – Health – Article

Istat confirmed the preliminary estimates of inflation for May, with growth of 7.6% on an annual basis, down on the previous month. The downward trend is due to energy products which are shrinking after the flare-ups caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But the level remains high because food products continue to grow, with the trolley at +11.2%.

Settling and does it take time?
This does not seem to be the case because the prices of fruit and vegetables, which are of greater importance in the average diet this season, should still grow by between 15-20% according to Italmercati estimates. In particular for fresh fruit such as cherries, apricots and peaches. After all, those who do the shopping are well aware that for example cherries, a typical seasonal product, usually exceed 10 euros per kg, even reaching 15/18 euros. If you then go to buy at the widespread so-called organic or farmers’ markets, so as to have an average quality higher than the standards of supermarkets or discount stores, you are aware that at least 30% more must be taken into account.

This means that although it seems that we are recovering from the flare-up in prices of the past months, the recovery is not harmonious for all products and, above all, it is negative for typical seasonal products, above all for those that appeal to us more, such as so-called biological.

Bad trend and bad trend, because this does not correspond to a growth in average wages.

We believe it would be appropriate for the government to intervene as, for example, Spain has done drastically on VAT. But we wonder if, beyond the facades and the search for easy consensus, there is any will in this regard.

To give an example, after during the electoral campaign the current winners of the elections had promised right and left the increase of minimum pensions to one thousand euros and the abolition of the Rai license fee…. the promises are lost in the wind. Should we wait for next year’s election campaign for the European elections to hear new promises?

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