Spain is the third country in the EU where the shopping basket increases the most: leaders in oil, eggs and pork. On average on the continent, food is today 2.7% more expensive than a year ago, but Spain doubles that level of inflation.
Despite high food inflation, Spain has managed to moderate its general inflation rate to 2.8% in February (2.9% in harmonized Eurostat terms), placing it in fifteenth place in EU terms. Multiple employment The number of Spaniards who turn to a second job to cope with inflation grows 7 times more than in the European Union.