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Panamanian Consumers under Pressure of Basic
Food
PANAMA - Panamanian consumers are
under growing stress due to the upward trend
in the price of the basic food basket in
contrast with their minimum wage.
At the moment, the cost of the basic food
basket rises to us$261.21 dollars,
according to the Ministry of Economy and
Finance.
Compared with same period seven years ago,
there is an increase of 41.2 percent, the
official stats show.
The Panamanian government is planning to
implement measures to reduce basic food
costs, among them the creation of what it
calls "cool chain", a network of cooling
storages with the aim to preserving
perishable products.
Other measures are a raise of the minimal
wage and a cut of the electricity bill. |
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