The main reasons for the current inflation are crop failure, rising energy costs, and rising real wages.
Danylo Hetmantsev, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People faction, head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, expressed this opinion in an interview with the Ukrainian News agency.
"Now about the causes of inflation. The first reason is unfavorable weather conditions and a harvest that turned out to be lower than planned. The second reason is fundamental factors caused by the increase in the cost of energy. The biggest impact is the increase in electricity tariffs for the population and business," he believes.
Hetmantsev identifies the main impact of the increase in electricity tariffs for the population and business to be the increase in the cost of energy.
Also, according to the MP, structural unemployment and a shortage of qualified personnel have led to an increase in real wages, which, according to the National Bank, increased by 14.4% last year.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the National Bank has worsened the inflation forecast from 6.9% to 8.4% by the end of 2025.
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