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CPI reached a 0.4% variation during last march

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a monthly rise of 0.4%, accumulating 0.7% this year and 1.5% in twelve months, according to figures released today by the chilean National Statistics Institute (INE).

According to the newsletter delivered by this institution, eight of the twelve divisions that make up the CPI basket registered increases in their rates during March and four negative variation were recorded in the same period.

Among the divisions with increases are Education (4.3%), and food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.7%), with incidences of 0.279 percentage points (pp.) and 0.143 pp., respectively. In the case of the lower divisions, appears Transport (-0.3%), with an incidence of -0.064 pp.

To see the official information released by the INE, click here 
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