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How to obtain better financial habits?
It is never too late to acquire new and better financial habits and what better way to start the year off on the right foot and get your personal finances in order.
Favorable opinion to reform law to avoid increases in public transportation fares
The Finance and Special Budget Committee issued a favorable opinion to reform the Budget Law 2023, in order to incorporate resources to the Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP), with the purpose of covering the monthly economic compensation related to the subsidy payment to transportation concessionaires.
Beans, corn, sugar and milk are the products with the highest price increases: UCA
According to the survey conducted by the Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública (IUDOP) of the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA), 93 out of 100 people said that the prices of basic food basket products such as beans, corn, sugar and milk, will increase throughout the year 2022.
Currency depreciation increases risk of intensifying food crisis
According to the latest edition of the World Bank's Commodity Markets Outlook, the declining value of the currencies of most developing economies is increasing food and fuel prices, which could deepen the food and energy crises that many of these economies already face.
Commercial insurance prices in Latin America moderate, with increases of 5%.
Global commercial insurance prices increased 9% and in second quarter2022 (versus an 11% increase in Q1 2022), according to the Global Insurance Market Index, continuing a trend of moderating rate increases that began in first quarter 2021.
Commodity price hikes affect salvadoran consumers' pockets
The Cámara de Comercio e Industria de El Salvador (CAMARASAL), expressed in a press conference that El Salvador, like many other countries, is experiencing imported inflation, as it is strongly related to external factors, such as the rise in commodities prices, as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and problems in the supply chain.
Flour company is checked to avoid increases or shortages in its products
The President of the Defensoría del Consumidor, Ricardo Salazar, visited the facilities of Molinos de El Salvador S.A. de C.V. (MOLSA), to learn in detail about the supply of flour as an importer, manufacturer and distributor.