Pasta, beer, petrol, pastries, garden furniture… These products cost more today. Le Point J discusses it with Pascal Jeannerat, economic journalist at the RTS.
“The average prices on a basket representative of what the Swiss consume have increased in one year by an average of 2.5%”, explains Pascal Jeannerat, interviewed in Point J. The biggest increase concerns energies. Thus, heating oil increased by 75%, diesel by 28% and unleaded by 25%.
“We see that everything related to fossil resources is also increasing. For example garden furniture (+15%), which is made of plastic and imported from abroad, or plane tickets (+54%), strongly linked to the price of fuel”, details the journalist.
Who is the most affected in the Swiss population? “Those who are very exposed to transport fuel expenses in individual cars, also companies for their deliveries, distribution, logistics”, analyzes Pascal Jeannerat.
Populations and businesses in peripheral regions, which are very dependent on car traffic, are particularly affected by inflation.
“The car, too, is more expensive,” adds Pascal Jeannerat. “People who want to buy a car may have to wait longer and pay a little more, including for a used car.”
What other sectors are also affected? What is ‘cheapflation’? What is the upcoming trend?
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