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Who are worst hit by price rises in Armenia?

panorama.am07/20th/2022, 9:48
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Who are worst hit by price rises in Armenia?

No effective mechanisms are in place to tackle rising inflation and dram appreciation in Armenia, according to Babken Pipoyan, head of the Informed and Protected Consumer NGO.

He claims that social benefit recipients, pensioners and those who receive financial assistance from abroad are hit hardest by “relentless” price increases.

“The worst thing is that the rising trend in prices continues. A higher inflation rate is recorded with each passing month,” Pipoyan told Panorama.am in an interview on Tuesday, stressing the people’s incomes are not keeping up with rising prices.

Citing fresh data from the National Statistical Service, the specialist says that food prices have increased by more than...

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