Inflation in Bucaramanga rose in October



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The inflation in the country corresponding to October 2018 was 0.12% and that of Bucaramanga to 0.24%.

According to the latest report on the consumer price index (CPI) of the National Administrative Department of Statistics, Danes, in the tenth month of the year, both for the city and for the country, the elements that have the most weighed on the consumer price index, CPI, were housing, transportation, entertainment and food.

The above data is in line with analysts' bets, which estimated that inflation data could rise from 3.23% per annum to 3.35%, which means that the cost of living for Colombians would be 0%. 12 percentage points more than a month ago, which would be a little further away from the target pursued by the issuer's board of directors of 3%.

Danish data show that for the 12 months, the CPI is located at 3.33%; while the current year stands at 2.75%

In September this year, the country's inflation was 0.16% against 0.03% in Bucaramanga.

Climb into the city

In Bucaramanga, the October CPI has experienced significant variation, from 0.03% the previous month to 0.24% in October this year.

This means that it increased by 0.21 percentage point compared to September 2018 data.

The annual change in Bucaramanga ranks 13th at 3.10%, compared to an average of 3.33%. Despite this increase, the "City of Parks" remains one of the cheapest cities in the country.

Cartagena is the most expensive; while Quibdó is the most economical.

In Bucaramanga, according to the Dane report, the items that had the most impact on the CPI this month were in their respective order: entertainment (0.55%), housing (0.41 %), health (0.28%), transportation (0.20%), food (0.19%) and clothing (0.14%).

Among those who weigh the least are education and other expenses.

In the country

In October, annual inflation was 3.33%, 0.10 percentage points higher than the index recorded last month, when it stood at 3.23%.

Education, health, transportation and housing were the groups with the highest annual change in the CPI (consumer price index) of the country.

Education stood at 5.37%, health at 4.64%, transportation at 4.39% and housing at 4.08%.

With these figures, the annual change in the national CPI in October was 0.72 percentage points lower than the same index in the first 10 months of last year, or 4.05%.

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