Inflation rose 2.47% in the first six months of the year

In June, the smallest variation was recorded by the Education group, while the largest variation was in the Communications group

Between January and June 2018, the cumulative variation in consumer price index. It was 2.47%. This variation was 0.88 percentage points lower than the same period in the previous year when it was 3.35%

During this period, all expenditure groups recorded a variation less than that presented. For the same period of 2017.

The Diversion Group stands out with a -1.52% change, the lowest of the year, and the Food Group with 2.27%.

measured in the sixth month of the year, the variation was 0.15%. For June, the lowest change was recorded by the Education group (0.01%), while the highest change was recorded by the Communications group (1.69%).

The first case is attributed to the fact that there was no price variation, other educational costs and tuition fees for higher education and l '. non-formal education. For the second, the behavior is explained by the fall in prices of mobile phone and similar equipment, which decreased by 1.38%.

In addition, the lowest contribution to the monthly change in the nine groups of the CPI was recorded in electrical energy (-0.06 percentage points); the largest contribution was recorded in telephony services (0.06 percentage points).

In addition, between July 2017 and June 2018 (twelve months), the change in the CPI was 3.20%, this period (from July to June) over the last four years.