And they have put pressure on suppliers to hold down raw materials prices.
That has nothing to do with corruption, it is because of the fall in raw material prices, which really should give us food for thought.
Excluding food and energy, raw materials prices rose 2 percent.
It also called for the stabilization of raw material prices.
The biggest negative impact came from a drop in raw material prices.
Many businesses have been able to cut other costs or increase productivity to offset the higher materials prices.
But there is also one factor over which the states often have no influence at all, namely the fall in raw material prices.
How can we also stabilise raw material prices in the long term?
These fears have been heightened recently in part because raw materials prices are rising again.
The post-crisis economic model cannot be derived from raw material prices and foreign money.