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VBO Claims Inflation Index Overstates Price Increases

VRT Radio 1 Brussels 14d Impact 5
Pieter Timmerwans of the VBO stated that inflation calculations do not correctly account for Middle East war-related energy price fluctuations. He noted that current calculations assume variable energy contracts for everyone, ignoring the impact of fixed-price annual contracts.

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“De zieprijzen door de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten worden niet correct meegenomen in de berekening, zegt Pieter Timmerwans van het VBO.”

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