According to the distributor, inflation is also “maintained, desired by many economists“. JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP
“There is a financial community which owns shares of companies which needs this inflation, which wants this inflation”, estimated the boss of the E.Leclerc centers.
For Michel-Édouard Leclerc, the fight against inflation is not a priority shared by all. Invited on CNews / Europe 1 this Monday morning, the boss of the strategic committee of the E.Leclerc centers estimated that there was “people who are for inflation, it is the unsaid of this whole debate“. “There’s a financial community that owns corporate stocks, that needs that inflation, that wants that inflation.“, he developed, because the rise in prices “gives the illusion of increasing turnover“.
According to the well-known retailer, inflation is also “maintained, desired by many economists“. “Look at the debates at the European Central Bank, at the IMF, now we are starting to say 3-4% would be good. But 3-4% when you borrow, it’s huge for a French household, 3-4% permanently on the household budget, it’s huge!“, he thundered. “There are financiers who are for inflation, so it’s a political fight“, he added. “It’s a political problem“, he hammered, affirming that inflation must “become a national priority“.
“We will step up the fight against inflation “, said Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV on Sunday, a few days after announcing three measures intended to “definitely break the price spiralon the shelves, including lower prices or price freezes for 5,000 products and progress in commercial negotiations between distributors and manufacturers. “Our compatriots must say to themselves next week “it stops flaming” on their receipts, said the Minister of the Economy hoped on Sunday.