"China 16" was promulgated, and the National Development and Reform Commission issued nine articles to stabilize prices in five days. The futures prices of sugar, cotton and other commodities have fallen sharply, and the wholesale price of edible oil has begun to decline ... Good news keeps coming, but look at the oil price in supermarkets, the clothing price in shopping malls and the vegetable price in restaurants. Those housewives who are particularly concerned about "food and clothing" can't help laughing: clothes are still so expensive, and breakfast and fast food are even rising. Why don't those products that clamor for "market rules" and follow the trend of price increase follow the trend of price increase?
This morning, Aunt Zhang, who bought pancake fruit in a community supermarket in Century City, reluctantly handed out 3.5 yuan. "The oil price went up two days ago, up by 50 cents. Oil prices have fallen these days. Why don't they reduce the price? " Like Aunt Zhang, there is also an angry citizen, Mr. Yan. At the beginning of the month, the fried dough sticks at home rose from 1 yuan/root to two yuan. The international price of edible oil has dropped for several days, but the price of fried dough sticks remains unchanged.
After the introduction of the national series of "combination boxing" to curb prices, the prices of domestic edible agricultural products fell. The soaring sugar prices in various places this year have recently dropped. For example, the price of sugar in Dongguan has dropped from 7800 yuan/ton to 6950 yuan/ton. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) also announced that commodity futures prices have fallen sharply under continuous control measures. Cotton fell the most, reaching 23.6%. Before 10 in Beijing Yuquan Road Grain and Oil Market, the wholesale prices of edible oils such as soybean oil and blended oil began to be lowered across the board, and in most cases, 4 yuan money was lowered.
However, the reporter confirmed from many supermarkets in Beijing today that the retail prices of edible oil in supermarkets, which were raised one after another at the end of last month, are still at a "high level" and there is no sign of downward adjustment. As a big oil user, the catering industry has not cut prices. King Yonghe even raised the prices of three staple foods in 0.5 yuan. In addition, although the price of cotton futures fell the most, the prices of various cotton products in the market did not fall as expected by consumers.
The latest round of price increase occurred in the agricultural sector, but the price increase in the non-agricultural sector is also reasonable. Ms. Ma recently took an artistic photo of her baby daughter in a famous chain photography studio in Wangjing. It is found that the same specifications provide the same service, and the number of baby clothes has not increased, but the price of this set of children's photography has soared from 500 yuan last year to 800 yuan this year. This makes Ms. Ma very unhappy. Shopkeepers went up confidently: "The price of agricultural products has gone up, and so has our working cost."
The reporter found that recently some photo studios have quietly raised the shooting price of "art photos", ranging from one or two hundred yuan to five or six hundred yuan. Ms. Ma said that like all price increases, the photo studio also pushed the reason for the price increase to "cost". "What is the relationship between the price increase of this agricultural product and their photo studio?" Ms. Ma doesn't understand that even if the cost of living of employees increases, the price adjustment of the photo studio can be doubled quickly.
Since the third quarter of this year, cotton prices have been rising, which has become the reason for the price increase of various brands of clothing. Towels, bedding, clothes ... all cotton products that can touch cotton have been ranked in the price increase team. However, to the surprise of consumers, even chemical fiber clothing such as polyester has increased in price. The owner of a small shop in Jinwuxing clothing market told reporters that clothing prices are generally high this year. "It doesn't matter if it's cotton." The shopkeeper pointed to a coat made of polyester fabric and said that this style of fabric could be photographed for more than 30 yuan last year. Buy 50 yuan or 60 yuan this year. Can the price be higher?
The price increase must be fair and reasonable in order to convince the people. Some food prices have risen because the prices of raw materials such as sugar and oil in the upstream have soared, which consumers can understand; However, cotton prices have risen, and some non-cotton garments have also risen sharply; Now even art photography has taken the price increase car, which makes consumers a little "angry": "It is a profiteering industry, why have these goods or services increased in price?"