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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 17:08 UTC

Tag: Consumer Price Index (CPI)

  • Friday, February 9th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Brazil's CPI 0.42% up last month

    Airline tickets fell in January, which drove inflation downward

    According to Brazil's IBGE statistics bureau, inflation last month in South America's largest country reached 0.42% for an accumulated 4.51% year-on-year. These results were driven mainly by increases in the prices of food, Agencia Brasil explained. January's figures were lower than the 0.56% recorded by the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) in December.

  • Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Paraguay's BCP confirms CPI in 2023 within target range

    Paraguay ranked behind Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru

    Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) Thursday released a report showing that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2023 was 3.7%, making it the fourth lowest in South America in addition to falling within the target range (3.8%). It also meant a decrease from 2022's 8.1%.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

    CPI officially 7.8% up during May in Argentina

    “If you do your shopping daily you know these numbers cannot be real,” a supermarket customer told MercoPress.

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Wednesday announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of May of 2023 was 7.8% for a total interannual of 114.2% and a 42.2% in the first five months of the year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, December 16th 2022 - 08:36 UTC

    Argentina's inflation for November set at 4.9%

    November's CPI was also the lowest since the 4.7% recorded in February

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in November for an accumulated 85.3% in the first eleven months of the year, according to a report released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).

  • Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 09:01 UTC

    Uruguay's INE to update measuring of CPI

    In Aboal's opinion, the update will allow “a more reliable reflection of the consumption pattern of Uruguayans”

    Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) will change the way it measures inflation, starting in December 2022, it was announced in Montevideo this week. The new method means new products and services will be gauged while others are to be sidelined.

  • Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

    Argentina's inflation reaches 3.9% in January

    Tuesday's 50.7% was the lowest yearly inflation reported since June 2021

    Despite requirements from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that inflation needs to be under control, Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) Tuesday reported January's figures had reached 3.9% for a 50.7% YoY.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 11:56 UTC

    UK inflation climbs to 3% in September, mainly because of the fall in sterling

    The fall in the pound since last year's Brexit vote has been one factor behind the rise in the inflation rate, as the cost of imported goods has risen.

    The UK's key inflation rate hit its highest for more than five years in September, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) climbed to 3%, a level it last reached in April 2012, and up from 2.9% in August. The pick-up in inflation raises the likelihood of an increase in interest rates - currently 0.25% - next month.

  • Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 21:03 UTC

    US consumer prices slipped in August helped by fuel prices and strong dollar

    Federal Reserve officials who are meeting to discuss interest rates, have previously said they view low energy costs and a rising dollar as temporary.

    Consumer prices in the United States fell in August as petrol prices dropped and a strong dollar curbed the cost of goods, the US Department of Labor has said. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped 0.1% last month, the first decline since January. But in the 12 months to August, the CPI rose 0.2% after a similar gain in July.