At the same time, inflation has been rising in recent months.
Inflation is rising at more than 20 percent a month.
Since the summer, inflation has risen to about 8 percent a month.
Inflation has risen about 200 percent over the past year.
To the extent companies can get away with it, inflation will rise.
However, inflation rose to a 20-year high of 5.2 percent last month following energy price rises.
During the three months ended in May, inflation rose at an annual rate of 5.5 percent.
Inflation has risen by less than 1 percent this year.
The effects of the 1973 oil crisis were still being felt, with inflation rising to over 27% in 1975.
That's been done in the past and inflation rises so what's different this time?