Hungary: There will be enough ham at Easter, but the prices will put us off
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Published Mar 17, 2023
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When it's Easter, Hungarian families have ham on their tables, even if they can squeeze the price of the delicacy out of their wallets, which have been hit by unfavorable economic effects. Real wages have been falling for four months now, and the purchase value of salaries is falling more and more. The rapidly rising food prices must be financed from the lower wages. In Europe, we have the highest general inflation, and within this, food prices also rose the most in Hungary - the Central Statistics Office (KSH) measured general food inflation of over 40 percent in the last five months. In addition to these two areas, there are many other burdens on family coffers, which raises the question of whether you will get Easter ham. "There will be ham on the shelves of the stores, our member companies are prepared for the holiday season," Martina Mostisch, executive secretary of the Association of Hungarian Butchers, told Index. The Secretary General of the Hungarian National Trade ...
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