In April, the consumer price index registered a variation of 0.17%, accumulating inflation in the first three months of the year of 1.50%.
From a report by the National Statistics Institute of Guatemala:
The monthly variation of 0.17% in April 2016, shows a slowdown compared to April 2015 (0.34%), while cumulative and annual variation recorded an acceleration in price levels.
In February prices increased by 0.20%, driven by the food, goods and services and housing sectors.
Of the twelve divisions of expenses making up the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the sectors of food, goods and services, and housing were those that contributed the most to the inflation seen in February.
From information published by the National Statistics Institute (INE):
The Consumer Price Index closed at 0.30% in July, with a rise of 3.19%.
From information published by the National Statistics Institute (INE):
The overall, most important results of July 2013 are as follows: there was a monthly variation of 0.30%, an interannual variation of 4.74% and cumulative variation of 3.19% .
The cumulative variation (3.19%) and interannual variation (4.74%) recorded an acceleration compared to that observed in July 2012 (1.91%) and (2.86%) respectively, while the monthly variation(0.30 %) shows a slowdown compared to that observed in July 2012 (0.35%).
The general level of the consumer price index in April had a variation of 0.17% compared with the index for the month of March.
From information published by the National Statistics Institute (INE):
The overall results, the most important from April 2013 are as follows: there was a monthly variation of 0.17%, an interannual variation of 4.13% and a cumulative variation of 1.97%.
The Foundation for the Development of Guatemala has analyzed the main economic indicators of the country, and the main variables affecting the exchange rate, inflation and the CPI.
ECONOMIC BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2012
Monthly report of the main indicators of the national economy
Inflation up slightly in October
During the first ten months of the year (January-October), the country registered inflation of 2.90%, while the inter annual variation* of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 3.35%, down by 3.3 percentage points compared to October last year (6.65%), marking the second month of increases after eight consecutive months of declines (see chart 1). Meanwhile, the monthly variation was 0.03%, 0.07 percentage points higher than in the same month of 2011 when it reached 0.07%. The annual variation figure is below the range of the inflation target set by the Monetary Board for 2012, of between 3.5% and 5.5%.
In September 2012, the Consumer Price Index in Guatemala recorded an intermonthly variation of 0.49%, an annual variation of 3.28% and cumulative variation of 2.87%.
From the Executive Report of the IPC September Report by the National Statistics Institute of Guatemala (INE):
This monthly report contains the main results of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of the National Statistics Institute INE.
The monthly report by the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala has been released, with the main indicators of the national economy.
Inflation Continues to Fall in August
During the first seven months of the year (January-August), the country accumulated inflation of 2.36%, while the interannual variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a variation of 2.71%, down 4.92 percentage points compared to August last year (7.63%), continuing the downward trend that began in January.
As of March, consumer prices showed a variation of -0.25%, according to data from the Institute of Statistics(INE).
The values recorded in the past four months indicate that the economy is showing signs of deflation (-0.38% in December, -0.42% in January, -0.60% in February and -0.25% in March), explained Luis Arroyo, director of the INE.