A | What was the story of the yellow card for the Minister of Economy? ▫ Seyed Ali Madanizadeh, Minister of Economy, said in the public session of the Majles about the high prices of a series of measures taken by the government to curb inflation; From dealing with non-performing banks and liquidating Bank Inda to controlling the growth of liquidity, strengthening the capital market and financing 800 shares from the stock exchange. He also announced that he lowered the taxes of 10 million businesses to zero. ▫ Madanizada says that liquidity growth has found a downward trend and when monthly inflation drops below 4%, we can expect annual inflation to reach 40%; He also talked about the goal of reducing it below 20% next year. But an important part of the minister's defense was related to the special conditions of Iran's economy. He talked about the imposed inflation and the difficulties caused by the economic blockade and explained that the preferred currency was stopped not by the government's decision, but because its resources ran out. According to him, when the cost of transporting cargo increases 10 times, the increase in prices is not far from expected. ▫ Nevertheless, the parliament gave the minister a yellow card; A sign of disagreement on how to deal with inflation. The central question is this: Can we expect the policy maker to control prices quickly regardless of the pressure of war, embargoes and supply restrictions? And can changing the minister, alone, change the course of inflation?

A | What was the story of the yellow card for the Minister of Economy? ▫ Seyed Ali Madanizadeh, Minister of Economy, said in the public session of the Majles about the high prices of a series of measures taken by the government to curb inflation; From dealing with non-performing banks and liquidating Bank Inda to controlling the growth of liquidity, strengthening the capital market and financing 800 shares from the stock exchange. He also announced that he lowered the taxes of 10 million businesses to zero. ▫ Madanizada says that liquidity growth has found a downward trend and when monthly inflation drops below 4%, we can expect annual inflation to reach 40%; He also talked about the goal of reducing it below 20% next year. But an important part of the minister's defense was related to the special conditions of Iran's economy. He talked about the imposed inflation and the difficulties caused by the economic blockade and explained that the preferred currency was stopped not by the government's decision, but because its resources ran out. According to him, when the cost of transporting cargo increases 10 times, the increase in prices is not far from expected. ▫ Nevertheless, the parliament gave the minister a yellow card; A sign of disagreement on how to deal with inflation. The central question is this: Can we expect the policy maker to control prices quickly regardless of the pressure of war, embargoes and supply restrictions? And can changing the minister, alone, change the course of inflation?