continues to spread globally, with supply chain disruptions resulting in declines in income and employment. There are, hence, additional worries that the disease could threaten food chains and supply systems and stoke inflation. Water tariffs are also at risk if utilities are not supported financially to contain production costs and keep revenue streams. The Economist magazine recently invoked that notion by stating that shutters businesses and leaves supermarket shelves bare, economists fret that the pandemic could lead to inflation making an unwelcome return.” Thus, we should take a look at how inflation and water tariffs have evolved in years to be able to foresee