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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>As food costs and fuel bills soar, inflation is plundering people\u2019s wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers\u2019 strikes around the world Rising <\/a>f<\/a>ood costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people’s wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers\u2019 strikes around the world.<\/p>\n

This week alone saw protests by the political opposition in Pakistan, nurses in Zimbabwe, unionized workers in Belgium, railway workers in Britain, Indigenous people in Ecuador, hundreds of U.S. pilots and some European airline workers. Sri Lanka\u2019s prime minister declared an economic collapse Wednesday after weeks of political turmoil.<\/p>\n

Economists say Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine amplified inflation by further pushing up the cost of energy and prices of fertilizer, grains and cooking oils as farmers struggle to grow and export crops in one of the world’s key agricultural regions.<\/p>\n

As prices rise, inflation threatens to exacerbate inequalities and widen the gap between billions of people struggling to cover their costs and those who are able to keep spending.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not all in this together,\u201d said Matt Grainger, head of inequality policy at antipoverty organization Oxfam. \u201cHow many of the richest even know what a loaf of bread costs? They don’t really, they just absorb the prices.”<\/p>\n

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Oxfam is calling on the Group of 7 leading industrialized nations, which are holding their annual summit this weekend in Germany, to provide debt relief to developing economies and to tax corporations on excess profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn’t just a standalone crisis. It’s coming off the back of an appalling pandemic that fueled increased inequality worldwide,\u201d Grainger said. \u201cI think we will see more and more protests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The demonstrations have caught the attention of governments, which have responded to soaring consumer prices with support measures like expanded subsidies for utility bills and cuts to fuel taxes. Often, that offers little relief because energy markets are volatile. Central banks are trying to ease inflation by raising interest rates.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, striking workers have pressured employers to engage in talks on raising wages to keep up with rising prices.<\/p>\n

Eddie Dempsey, a senior official with Britain\u2019s Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, which brought U.K. train services to a near standstill with strikes this week, said there are going to be more demands for pay increases across other sectors.<\/p>\n

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