The price of crude oil (Brent) is again moving in the 70 dollar area per barrel. The price of crude oil has risen by more than 67% in the past 12 months. The trend is now also being felt on the portfolios of families with increases at the pump. The consumer associations have made the accounts in this phase in which families are starting to move more by car.
“The increases in fuel prices cause a sting on an annual basis equal to +267 euros per family only due to the higher costs of refueling at distributors”. This is the Codacons complaint that comments on the new records reached at the petrol and diesel pump in recent days.
“Today gasoline costs 16.1% more than in the same period of 2020, while for diesel you pay 15.1% more – explains the president Carlo Rienzi – Price increases that produce direct effects on the pockets of consumers, at point that a full of green costs today 11.1 euros more than in June 2020, while for diesel you spend 9.6 euros more fully ».
The focus is on the coming weeks and months. “The upward trend in fuels causes a higher annual expenditure, only for supplies, equal to +267 euros per family, but the consequences could be much worse – warns Rienzi – Such high lists of petrol and diesel have direct effects on the inflation, and cause a generalized rise in prices that will hit Italian families in the coming weeks ”.