Fresh food prices have shot up in the Balearics.
Fresh food prices have shot up in the Balearics.
Balearic cost of living spikes, fresh food up by 16%
Booze and fas have risen by over 10%.
Inflation rises to 5.8% in January after end of fuel subsidies
The spike in the annual inflation rate in January breaks five months of moderation in the evolution of price increases after the peak of 10.8% reached in July.
Some good news for consumers.
Some good news for consumers.
Spain's inflation slows, ends 2022 at 5.7%
Spanish inflation has fallen 5 percentage points in five months.
Price increases in the Balearics were more than double 2022 pay rises
Unions are holding out for ten per cent pay increases in 2023.
Heat, housing and a man called Taras: Mallorca in 2022
And tourist overcrowding, inflation, shortages and Rafa Nadal.
Balearics facing the most expensive Christmas on record
January 2023 will be even more expensive.
Supermarket shop in Mallorca 70% more expensive than a year ago
The consumers association questions why prices are continuing to rise.
Restaurants tell the Balearic government it wasn't a profitable season
Concern for 2023 because of uncertainties.
Milk in a Mallorca supermarket
Milk is just one product that has become more expensive.
Austerity purchasing by shoppers in Mallorca
"People in the Balearics are no longer eating what they want but what they can."
Food prices in Mallorca post record rise
Food banks have reported a surge in demand this year.
Inflation easing as Christmas approaches.
Inflation easing as Christmas approaches.
Spanish inflation is slowing unlike in the UK.
Spanish inflation is slowing unlike in the UK.
Employers boss - Not true that businesses have been "making a fortune"
President Armengol has called for "historic salary increases".
Spanish Finance Minister Calvino says drop in inflation is accelerating
Inflation has begun to ease and is now expected to drop to around 3% next year.
Spanish Finance Minister addresses media at 2022 Annual Meetings of IMF and World Bank
Washington (United States), 13/10/2022.- Spanish Finance Minister Nadia Calvino speaks to the media during a press conference at the 2022 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington, DC, USA, 13 October 2022. The meetings run from 10 October to 16 October. (Estados Unidos) EFE/EPA/WILL OLIVER
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Spain sets example
Sánchez said the government would also cut VAT on cooking oil and pasta from 10% to 5%.
Humphrey Carter02/01/2023 19:33