During December 2019, the CPI registered a 3.4% variation with respect to the same month of the previous year, an inflationary rhythm higher than the 2.3% reported at the end of 2018.
The most important inflation levels of December 2019 are the following: a monthly inflation of 0.60% was registered, an inflationary rhythm of 3.41% and an accumulated inflation of 3.41%, informed the National Statistics Institute (INE).
For the third consecutive month, the inflationary rate in Guatemala decelerated, since the year-on-year variations reported by the Consumer Price Index during July, August and September, were of 4.4%, 3% and 1.8%, respectively.
The most important inflation levels in September 2019 are as follows: monthly inflation of -0.58%, inflationary rate of 1.80% and accumulated inflation of 1.63%, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Between June and July of this year, the inflationary rhythm in Guatemala decreased from 4.8% to 4.4%, mainly because of the variations in the prices of alcoholic beverages and food.
The most important inflation levels in July 2019 are as follows: -0.06% monthly inflation, 4.37% inflationary rhythm and 3.11% accumulated inflation, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).
After registering a 4.5% year-on-year variation in the Consumer Price Index in May, in June the inflationary rhythm rose to 4.8%.
The most important inflation levels in June 2019 are as follows: 0.83% monthly inflation, 4.80% inflationary rhythm and 3.17% accumulated inflation, reported the National Statistics Institute.
After recording a 4.8% year-on-year variation in the CPI in April, the inflation rate dropped to 4.5% in May.
Monthly inflation (0.26%), shows a slowdown compared to May of the previous year (0.47%), while the accumulated (2.33%), and year-on-year (4.54%), show an acceleration compared to the same month last year, according to the report of the National Statistics Institute.
For the second consecutive month, Transportation was the spending division that explained most of the rise in the Consumer Price Index, reported to March 2019.
The most important inflation levels of March 2019 are the following: monthly inflation of -0.04%, inflationary rhythm of 4.17% and accumulated inflation of 1.44%, informed the National Statistics Institute (INE).
After the Consumer Price Index reported interannual variations of 2.6% and 3.3% in July and August, in September the inflationary rhythm increased to 4.6%.
From the National Statistics Institute report:
The most important inflation levels in September 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.60%, inflation rate of 4.55% and accumulated inflation of 2.13%.
In the eighth month of the year, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.44%, mainly explained by the behavior of prices in the category of Food and Restaurants.
From a report by the National Institute of Statistics:
The most significant inflation levels in August 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.44% was registered, inflationary rhythm of 3.36% and accumulated inflation of 1.53%.
In the first sixth months of the year, the CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.57%, mainly explained by the behavior prices of Food and Health products.
From a report by the National Statistics Institute:
The most important inflation levels in June 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.57%, inflation rhythm of 3.79% and cumulative inflation of 0.72%.
In the fourth month of the year, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.04%, mainly explained by the behavior of transport prices and alcoholic beverages.
From a report by the National Statistics Institute:
The most important inflation levels in April 2018 are the following: monthly inflation was 0.04%, inflation rate was 3.92% and accumulated inflation was -0.32%.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphs"]
In the third month of the year, the CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.2%, mainly explained by the behavior of food, health and recreation prices.
From a report by the National Institute of Statistics:
The most important inflation levels of March 2018 are the following: a monthly variation of 0.23% was registered, an interannual variation of 4.14% and an accumulated variation of -0.37%. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The CPI registered a monthly variation of -0.2%, mainly explained by the negative behavior of food prices.
From a report by the National Institute of Statistics:
The most important inflation levels of February 2018 are as follows: there was a monthly variation of -0.20%, an interannual variation of 4.15% and an accumulated variation of -0.60%. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.86%, mainly explained by the behavior of transport and food prices.
From a report by the National Institute of Statistics:
The most significant inflation levels in November 2017 are the following: there was a monthly variation of 0.86%, an interannual variation of 4.69% and accumulated variation of 4.68%.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
The CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.54%, mainly explained by the behavior of the prices of food and health services.
From a statement issued by the National Statistics Institute:
The most significant inflation levels in October 2017 are the following: a monthly variation of 0.54% was registered, an interannual variation of 4.20% and an accumulated variation of 3.79%.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
The CPI registered a monthly reduction of 0.55%, mainly explained by the behavior of prices for food and alcoholic beverages.
From a statement issued by the National Statistics Institute:
The most significant inflation levels in September 2017 were: an inter-monthly variation of -0.55%, a year-on-year change of 4.36% and a cumulative variation of 3.23%.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]