Energy prices, which have been higher since September 1, are not included in the August inflation of 9.3 percent. WIFO predicts a double-digit value for September! Companies have to pass on the cost explosion – and customers, if nothing changes in the gas price, have to adapt to utopian prices.
For two years, Saturday was the demo day for the Corona deniers. Now, for the first time, people are taking to the streets to protest the massive price hikes that have hit us since the beginning of the year. The trade union federation is calling for a large-scale demonstration on Saturday afternoon across Austria, starting in Vienna at 2 p.m. at the Schweizer Garten and ending at 4 p.m. at Karlsplatz: “We demand that the value-added tax be suspended for everyday goods,” says ÖGB chairman Wolfgang Katzian.
Source: Krone
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