From the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Costa Rica report:

From the 315 goods and services that constitute the consumer basket, 54% increased in price, 36% decreased in price and 10% did not change.

The goods and services that registered the greatest positive effect in September were automobiles, gasoline and watermelon. On the other hand, onion, potato and fish fillet ranked among the main ones with the greatest negative effect.

In September of the last ten years, the highest year-on-year change occurred in 2013 with 5.37%, while 2015 recorded the only negative year-on-year change (-0.86%).

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