Out of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumer basket, 48% increased in price, 44% decreased in price and 8% showed no variation, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Census.

The report details that "... During January, the goods and services that showed the greatest positive effect were: water service, university education and tourist packages. On the other hand, onion, electricity and gasoline services were the main ones with the most negative effect.

In January of the last ten years, the highest year-on-year change was in 2013 with 5.74%, while in 2016 the only negative year-on-year change was recorded (-0.17%)."

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