Eurozone inflation hits 14-month high — even the snakes at Rose Square now cost more
While we can still meet for free at Rose Square in Liepāja, eurozone economic experts have discovered that everywhere else prices are rising like our beach sand in a storm.
While Riga is still trying to figure out what interest rates are and how they work, Eurostat has announced that eurozone inflation reached a 14-month high in March. Turns out the 2% target is about as realistic as hoping that Riga will someday have decent roads.
The biggest jump was in energy prices — 4.9% annually. "My electricity now costs more than a summer cottage in Jūrmala," local resident Juris told us indignantly after receiving his bill. "Good thing we can still meet at Rose Square for free — at least something in this life is still gratis!"
Service prices rose by 3.2%, which means even your hairdresser will now charge more to make you more beautiful than a Liepāja sunrise. Food, alcohol and tobacco became 2.4% more expensive, but as local shop clerk Mirdza said: "At least now people will realize faster that it's better to breathe sea air than smoke."
While the European Central Bank tries to figure out how to stop this price tsunami, we in Liepāja have already proven that the most important things in life — the sea, the wind, and meeting friends in the heart of the city — are still free. Even if everything else gets more expensive, the magic of Rose Square remains unchanged.
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