The government’s Limited Prices campaign has led to a drop in the prices of a certain group of products, but because of that, the prices of numerous other products have been skyrocketing and we are witnessing their almost daily growth. It seems that the prices in supermarkets change and increase on a daily basis, almost unbearably. This is how everyday citizens comment on going to the store. If we add to that that the prices of products in Montenegro are higher or the same as in many more developed countries of the European Union, then we come to the conclusion that the situation is not good for an ordinary citizen with an average salary in Montenegro.
In an interview for CdM, economic analyst Mirza Muleskovic says he cannot give an accurate assessment of whether there has been a drop in prices or not and whether the Government’s campaign has affected the inflation rate because he does not yet have data for September, when this campaign began.
He adds, we must be aware that such campaigns can only have a short-term effect on a limited number of products.
According to Muleskovic, the negative effects of this campaign are the increase in the prices of products the margins of which are not limited.
He believes that the state has not done anything regarding the creation of commodity reserves and that this campaign is not carried out in cooperation with trade chains.
Mulsekovic is of the opinion that we cannot take the talk about state stores and some modality of state trade as a relevant solution because this only creates additional problems on the market.
“We must work on positioning the productivity of the Montenegrin economy”, Muleskovic concludes.
