In the midst of the conflict with businessmen over the freezing of prices, the Secretary of Internal Trade, Roberto Feletti, did not rule out the possibility of implementing new controls to other items.
Feletti assured that “some intervention of the State in the prices there will be medicines ”, a measure that would benefit thousands of citizens. So far, the restrictions that were implemented to product values They apply only to the elements of the basic basket.
In relation to the agreements to be reached to implement this measure, the Secretary of Commerce stated that they are analyzing the possibility of implementing a rule similar to that of the freezing of prices, so today he will meet with the head of the PAMI (Comprehensive Medical Care Program), Luana Volnovich, and tomorrow with the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti. A) Yes, Feletti warned that, if measures of this type are not implemented, “there will be no sustained income policy”.
With regard to the freezing of prices of food, the official said that there is a 78% compliance with the norm, for which he defined the first weeks of compliance with the norm as “good and acceptable”, since he assured that “the tension with the companies dropped”.
In a conversation with “Announced Chronicle”, the Secretary of Commerce explained that the Government took the measure on the values “To stop the rise in inflation.” In this way, Feletti said that in January it will seek to form a basket of more than 1,500 products to provide a guarantee to the worker.
Inflation projections
Although the Government tried to control the advance of the prices, inflation would be close to setting another record in October. According to private consulting firms, the general increase in prices it would be above three percentage points.
Inflation in September stood at 3.5% and the data are not very encouraging for October. Similarly, the data would correspond to the first days of last month, since the measure of the freezing of prices entered into force on October 20.
