Given that the rate of inflation in December was 11.92% price rises are inevitable. At least it was better than November which was a tad under 13%, a fourteen year high.
But don't worry, the wee man has things under control. If in doubt about the economy or your popularity, start a war - you might not be able to put food on your table or afford to put petrol in your car, but hey ho you can cheer as hundreds of innocent Kurds are slaughtered in Afrin.
JF