General level of Consumer Price Index in December was 143.086, which represents a 0.74% variation compared with the November index (with a value of 142.032).

The cumulative variation of the period January to December 2010 of the General Index is 5.82%, 1.77 percentage points higher than the variation of the same period in 2009 (4.05%).

Source: Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Costa Rica)

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