Why does a dollar fall down and the prices don't?

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Importers assure that the prices will go down, but not immediately.

“In particular, cakes are to become cheaper in the near future, — says the importer of plant cream and confectionery creams. — We formed the price depending on the currency exchange rate. It changes together with the rate. When our rouble became cheaper, the prices grew. Today there is a tendency for decrease”.

Cakes, cup cakes, confectionery - all these goods are about to get cheaper, assures the importer.

Importer: “The dollar is falling down, the prices in Belarusian roubles also get down. I can say for my own goods - the prices indeed go down, they have been decreased by 10% for the last week”.

Now, cakes cost from 40 to 80 thousand Belarusian roubles in shops. These are the prices for confectionery in the new shop "Vasilki", located in the Independence Ave. Let us remind you, the most expensive cakes were about 20 thousand Belarusian roubles back in spring.

Probably, the price for walnuts increased the most. In spring, it was possible to buy 150 grams of walnuts for Br 10750, while today's price is Br 46 000 (in BIZZ hyper-market). You will pay almost 115 000 for 350 grams!

In the network of shops "Smakata", which sell nuts and dried fruit, the prices increased by three times. A kilo of hazelnuts became Br 110 000 instead of 40 000 for the summer months, cashew - from Br 60 000 to Br 140 000. Old ladies come and cry, some of them swear and throw packages in the face, complains the network's director Syarhej Barysenka. The businessman adds that the company lost 400 thousand dollars on the rate difference.

Economist Syarhej Chaly does not believe that the prices will go down. Prices are easy to increase but difficult to decrease in our times, he says.

Syarhej Chaly: “I don't believe that there will be a decrease of prices. They are the most likely to remain as they are. As for the life level, an average salary makes less than 200 USD in accordance with the current exchange rate. In fact, this means that after we stopped lying to ourselves and balanced the external sector, it turned out that the structure of economy which we had built for 15-17 years was so effective that it could only generate a less-than-200 dollars income for the employees”.