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Dimitar Manolov: The idea of a price ceiling will not work. Such a solution would lead to a deficit and a black market.

The price spike cannot be controlled with the measures taken by the authorities. The more these issues are talked about, the more the processes will develop in the same way and the price bubble will inflate. Price control is a difficult job in a market economy, commented the president of the Podkrepa Confederation of Trade Unions

Jul 27, 2025 08:01 179

Dimitar Manolov: The idea of a price ceiling will not work. Such a solution would lead to a deficit and a black market.  - 1

The price spike cannot be controlled with the measures taken by the authorities. The more these issues are talked about, the more the processes will develop in the same way and the price bubble will inflate. Price control is a difficult job in a market economy. This was said by the president of the Podkrepa Confederation of Trade Unions Dimitar Manolov in the Offensive with Lyubo Ognyanov program. on NOVA NEWS.
According to him, the idea of a price ceiling will not work, and such a solution would lead to a deficit and a black market.

On the topic of whether it is right to increase the powers of the CPC, Manolov believes that the commission should build a specific capacity, which it does not have, because it was created for another purpose.
Manolov commented on the situation with the CPC and the PVU. He said that "since there is a condition for payment under the PVU to do something under this commission, it should be threatened, but there is probably a way out of the situation".

On the topic of whether there is a need for an update of the budget, Manolov believes that there should be one.