Bolivia records 0.59% inflation in the first half



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July 5, 2018, 14:47 La Paz, July 5 (Prensa Latina) In the first half of this year, Bolivia recorded a cumulative inflation of 0.59%, informed today the Director of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Santiago Farjat

"We are quite calm because we think that the panorama of inflation reflects a stabilization of prices in the country," he said. he says.

He added that they planned to be around what was planned in the macroeconomic monetary program, by 4.5%

According to data published by the INE, the 39, consumer price index recorded in June, compared with May, a positive percentage change of 0.12, higher than that recorded in 2017, which was 0.09%

Meanwhile, the cumulative change recorded 0.59 percentage points and twelve months was 3.17.

The paper also showed that this is mainly explained by the percentage of positive change recorded in several cities

In addition, the price rise of the food and non-alcoholic beverages division with a positive impact of 0, 06 percent and a positive percentage change of 0.23.

Prices of tomatoes, cheeses, green peas and onions had a higher positive impact in June.

However, the main products with the highest negative impact are: chicken and potato meat, according to INE.

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