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This Monday the National Institute of Statistics (INE) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) corresponding to January, which recorded a higher monthly variation than expected: 0.7% with a twelve-month rise of 3.1%.
“In the first month of the year, nine of the twelve divisions that make up the CPI basket contributed positive impacts on the monthly variation of the index and three presented negative impacts,” detailed the INE.
Among the divisions with increases in their prices, food and non-alcoholic beverages stood out (1.2%) with an incidence of 0.246 percentage points (pp.), Mainly driven by products lemon (54.3%) and potato (9.0%), with incidents of 0.056 pp. and 0.032 pp. respectively; Y transportation (1.2%) with 0.151 pp, where the variation of gasoline (2.8%) to the variation of the general indicator.
“The remaining divisions that drove the rise contributed 0.340 pp. as a whole ”, said the INE in its report.
In turn, among the divisions that recorded monthly decreases in their prices, he highlighted clothing and footwear (-0.9%), which had a -0.030 point impact.
What went down and what went up in price
-Gasoline: In January it presented a monthly increase of 2.8% and a twelve-month variation of -11.6%.
-Lemon: It registered a monthly increase of 54.3%, with an incidence of 0.056pp., And a variation of 16.1% at twelve months.
-Common expenditure: It registered a monthly rise of 3.6% and an interannual variation of -3.5%.
-New car: It recorded a monthly variation of 1.5% and 7.4% at twelve months.
-Zapallo: It recorded a monthly decrease of 22.8%, registering a variation of 20.3% at twelve months.
-Medicines for the respiratory system: It registered a monthly decrease of 3.9%, with -0.011pp., And a year-on-year variation of 1.9%.
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