The extra-profit tax narrows the room for maneuver of businesses

In the current tense economic environment, it is a fundamental common interest to maintain security of supply. The severe situation is due to, among other things, higher-than-expected inflation, significant increases in producer prices, rising energy prices and labor shortages.

Trade’s own operating costs, and in particular the costs of the most costly purchases, have risen at a faster pace than inflation in the recent past.