How much did Colombian households spend in June?

The study center Raddar reported that Colombian household expenditures increased by 2.7% in June, compared to the same month in 2017, which translates into 51.7 billion pesos

The increase that was evident in the sixth month of the year was driven by Father's Day, the Football World Cup and the presidential elections, according to experts.

The areas in which households spent the most they were Transportation, Communications, Fashion and Entertainment, while there was less investment in health, home and education groups.

According to Raddar, growth is due to three main factors, among which stands the fall that had the cost of living of Colombians, which was at 3.2% in the last year .

"Slow Behavior of Job Creation in Cities, Increasing Credit Consumption and the Brake of Inflation, Marked Growth" Reported l & # 39; company.

Villavicencio, Cartagena and Pasto are the cities in which there was a higher expenditure of Colombian families. On the contrary, in Monteria, Pereira and Manizales household consumption declined.

Raddar expects household spending to remain in positive territory by July and to register an increase of 3%, due to the impact that the premium mid-year would have on the workers.