Prices are always a surprise

[NewsWhore]

The ups and downs of pricing in the country is always a surprise for consumers who pay one price today and another price the following day for the same item, all without any normal justification. At the end of Easter Week, many products went up in price, especially potatoes, yucca (cassava) and eggs. Some shops were selling eggs for RD$7 each, and they could be found for as little as RD$4.40 in other places. A 30-egg tray was being sold at prices ranging from 130 pesos to as much as 190 pesos in some places. In Santo Domingo's Feria Ganadera, the Herrera Farmers' Market and other points around the city, a pound of potatoes was selling for between 12 and 13 pesos, when five days previously they were just 10 pesos. Industry and Commerce Minister Jose Ramon Fadul reported that everything was ready for the modification of the Consumer Protection Law that would be sent to Congress once President Fernandez decides. Fadul has constantly complained that the government does not have any way to force prices to go lower, and he told reporters from El Caribe that the project that will modify the law includes several drastic measures against speculators.

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