The consumer prices in the month of december with a percent. Especially the increase of diesel and gasoline prices and clothing boosted the price level up. The consumer was less to spend on mobile phone charges and airline tickets, reports the Central Bureau for Statistics.
Wednesday showed the rate of inflation for the euro area countries with an average of 1.1 percent to be increased. The Dutch inflation rate is still slightly lower, with other words: life here is less expensive than the neighbors.
The cheapness is over
Last summer, inflation was still negative and was living so cheap. Since then, prices rise.
This seems to come to an end to an unusually long period of low inflation. “We are the cheapness well be over and that will get used to it”, says NOS-economieredacteur André Meinema. “Inexpensive living and hardly increases were very pleasant and helpful when we come out of the crisis, huddled, there are many unemployed people were, and we very on the money watch. That tide is now turning.”
Discovering
For the whole of 2016, inflation at 0.3 percent. That is the lowest annual average in almost 30 years, and the third year in a row with exceptionally low inflation. Only in 1986 and 1987, inflation was even lower.
a Lot of consumer goods increased last year hardly in price, electricity prices decreased even. Also for banking services had to be less paid. For gas had however to be paid by higher taxes.
purchasing power
According to the CBS, last year, are also the collective labour agreement wages increased substantially more than the prices. The increase amounted to an average of 1.9 per cent and was thus far above the inflation rate of 0.3 percent. It is the second year in a row that wages and salaries are expected to rise more than inflation.
For the purchasing power of households is low inflation is generally good. If the income also increases because of work found and wages rise, that gives a boost to the purchasing power.
No comments:
Post a Comment