Easy Relaxation at the Pump
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Gasoline and diesel have become cheaper by a few cents - not much, but before that there had been virtually only increases. The Antitrust Office wants rapidly falling prices, and politics discusses long-term solutions.
The President of the Federal Cartel Office, Mundt, has asked the oil companies to rapidly lower the prices of petrol and diesel.
The United States and Iran have agreed on a ceasefire. The Federal Cartel Office is now calling for rapid price reductions in fuel, and Felbermayr is not expecting this to happen.
Price increases were "passed on very quickly," says the president of the Federal Cartel Office. "It would only be logical if the same applied in the other direction."
The Iran war has driven fuel prices. Now the crude oil price is sinking again. How this affects fuel is not yet clear.
Following the drop in crude oil prices after the ceasefire between the US and Iran, the president of the German Federal Cartel Office, Andreas Mundt, expects rapid price reductions at the pump. "Falling crude oil prices are a clear signal – and they should be reflected at the pump as soon as possible," Mundt told the Handelsblatt newspaper (Friday edition). He added that recent events have clearly shown that "price increases were passed on very …
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