Finance issues a statement on the rise in food prices and the relationship of raising the dollar to them

by **RamblerNash** Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:13 pm

Time: 03/30/2021 20:11:48

Finance issues a statement on the rise in food prices and the relationship of raising the dollar to them

{Economy: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Finance announced, on Tuesday, the statistics on food prices between October 2020 and February 2021.

In a statement, the Euphrates News received a copy of it, the ministry stated, “It worked with continuous follow-up to notice the effect of the change in the exchange rate in the local markets. The poor classes. "

And she added, "where the Ministry of Planning published a statistic that included" 486 "types of foodstuffs that showed the effect of changing prices between November of 2020 and February of 2021, and clarified that the change in prices was slight, not due to the effect of exchange rates, but rather there are merchants trying to achieve profitability by linking The exchange rate increases with prices in the local markets. "

The ministry indicated, "It hopes that the relevant authorities will take their role by monitoring the movement of varying market prices to prevent tampering with the citizens' sustenance."

Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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