#Russia: The soaring price of eggs and bread is hyper inflation for the fixed incomes. Michael Berstam, @HooverInst
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 15 December 2023
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#Russia: The soaring price of eggs and bread is hyper inflation for the fixed incomes. Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/12/10/vladimir-putin-is-running-russias-economy-dangerously-hot
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| 0:41.0 | to help me interpret anecdotes, one in particular being reported by AFP of |
| 0:46.0 | France. I'm horrified, said 76-year-old Yellisaveta Shalal-Yevskaiaka. I'm horrified what's going on with prices is a nightmare and |
| 0:56.7 | not just for eggs but for everything. A 21 year old student earlier contributes contributes to the article I used to buy eggs for 70 rubles at |
| 1:06.3 | the shop now it costs around 130 to 140 michle a very good evening to you. Inflation, that's bigger inflation that is being reported |
| 1:17.4 | from the Russian Central Bank or from the Kremlin. This is the inflation you said was going to tear down Russia. Right now it's making people |
| 1:26.1 | hungry. Where did this come from? Good evening to you Michael. |
| 1:29.0 | Good evening to you, and the Irish inflation is 7.5% which is not high even by our standards we had |
| 1:38.6 | it already 8% a year ago but it is important what kind of inflation in which population groups it affects. |
| 1:46.4 | And the bulk of it is the food inflation, not the luxury items, not the important goods, |
| 1:52.0 | but the food and the food the two items which affect most |
| 1:57.3 | people especially low-income people the staples are eggs and bread. And bread since the beginning of the year I've calculated |
| 2:07.7 | is about 20% up and eggs are exactly calculated by the Russian official statistical agency |
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