From Aki Kangasharju, a knock on the fuel talks: “Now shut up”

The increased oil price due to the Iran war has irritated politicians different exits about whether the government should do something about the rise in fuel prices.

Etlan of the Business Research Institute managing director Aki Kangasharju knocked out such proposals directly from Kauppalehti In the Talousamau program on Monday.

“Not at all”, Kangasharju stated to the unit when asked if the government should do something because of the increase in fuel prices.

“Of course, the elections are coming in a year and we are on our nerves, but now we should learn from the mistakes of the corona era, that we should not start repeating the same mistakes, but let the market act. It will reduce consumption when prices rise,” Kangasharju said.

He stated that pushing prices down artificially would only increase consumption and make the situation worse.

“Now hang on,” Kangasharju said.

Brent oil price rose on Monday morning to about 115 dollars per barrel. President of the United States Donald Trump told recently of the Financial Times in an interview that he would like to take over Iran’s oil and conquer Kharg Island, which is important for oil transportation.

Monday’s Talousamu was hosted by a producer Mari Haavisto.

The broadcast also talked about the rumored giant deals in Kone and the profit differences between forest companies. You can watch Monday’s Economic Morning in its entirety below.