1.   Any talk of price rises now will only aggravate an already serious situation.

2.   But its effect on spot oil prices - which skyrocketed - was used by the producers to justify a general price rise.

3.   But most ordinary citizens - buffeted by price rises and aware of worsening poverty in the slums - remain unimpressed.

4.   Consumers are facing more fuel price rises.

5.   Experts say they expect price rises to be gradual but persistent.

6.   Here there are few good substitute products to which consumers can turn as prices rise.