The price of food. Cartoon of 18/03/2023 in CTXT The Bank of Spain, which is not characterised by its social attitude, is already predicting that the price of food will rise by an average of 12.2% this year. Hold on tight to your shopping trolleys as there are sharp curves of plunder ahead.
Inflation. Cartoon of 03/04/2022 in CTXT In March prices rose by 9.8%, the biggest increase since 1985. This storm in the CPI, largely caused by the so-called "energy crisis", has pushed up the prices of almost everything, which had already been rising for months. In El País I saw a headline in front
Translation: " Total loss" The shopping basket, cartoon of 23/01/2022 on CTXT The price of eggs, bread, pasta, oil and other foodstuffs rose between 3.8% and 26% Three out of every four products and services included in what is called the "shopping basket" on which the CPI is calculated, along with the electricity
Cartoon translation: "It's unbelievable!They don't get scared anymore". New record. Cartoon of 18/12/2021 in CTXT The price of electricity yesterday marked the most expensive Saturday price in history and the second highest ever, reaching 306.33 euros/MWh. Source: OMIE, epdata.es Everything has been reduced to a succession of headlines of records and days of
Translation: "The government is keeping a close eye on the big electricity companies in case further measures are needed". The price of electricity. Cartoon of 24/07/2021 in CTXT Allow me to perform a pedantic act of self-citation. On 20 July i wrote on Twitter this attempt at a joke using hyperbole: "The next
