No plans to fix consumer goods prices

Ministry of Economy is monitoring situation but has no plans to fix prices as long as they are going down says director general.

The Government has no plans to fix prices on consumer goods, an official from the Ministry of Economy said today. "We are monitoring the situation, but we have no plans to fix the prices now, so long as they are going down. Internationally, prices are going down. Why fix them now?" said Mohamed al Shihi, the director general of the Ministry of Economy. "We are meeting with the vendors and the suppliers in order to make sure that the drops in the prices are matching the international trend."