The groups with the greatest contribution to the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April are: The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reported that transport, rent and housing services were the main contributors to the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April.

The INEC report states that "... Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumption basket, 47% increased in price, 42% decreased in price and 11% showed no variation.

During April, the goods and services that showed greater positive effect are: electricity service, gasoline and automobile. On the other hand, eggs, papaya and cabbage were among the main with the greatest negative effect.

In April of the last ten years, the highest year-on-year variation was presented in 2013 with 6.31%, while in 2016 the only negative year-on-year variation was registered (-0.92%)."

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The monthly report by the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica indicates that the groups with the highest contribution to the CPI variation in April are: Transport and Food and non-alcoholic beverages. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]