Friday, the regulated gas tariff, set monthly, increases by 12.6%. In four months, that of electricity, stopped every six months, will also jump - probably around 10%, according to current projections. These figures do not only represent an increase in bills. They are the chemical precipitate caused by the meeting of many of the greatest challenges of our time: post-Covid economic recovery, purchasing power, European construction, the fight against global warming and adherence to the market economy. The surge in gas prices, unprecedented in brutality in this season, is the symptom of the chaotic recovery of the international economy after the shock of confinements. The cost of energy can slow the rate of growth ahead.We are "in the hard" of the tensions created by production disruptions, low stocks and the vigor of the resumption of activity.
The rise in gas, fuel and electricity prices
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