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The
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos reports
that:
The the
general level of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Federal Capital
(Greater Buenos Aires) registered a 0.51% increase over the previous month
and a 40.7% increase compared to December 2001. When compared to the
same month last year the index experienced a 40.6% increase.
The following is a summary of the price variations for each
category in the basket for the IPC-GBA can be observed in Table 1.
Table 1.
Consumer Price Index GBA.
base 1999=100
Index and variations compared to prior month and December 2001.
By Category. |
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Variation in |
Percent |
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General Level and Categories |
Over |
Over |
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Prior Month |
Dec. 2001 |
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General Level |
0.5 |
40.7 |
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Food and Beverages |
1.0 |
57.0 |
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Indumentaria |
0.7 |
59.6 |
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Housing and Basic Services |
-0.1 |
13.3 |
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Household Goods and Services |
1.1 |
53.7 |
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Medicine and Health |
-0.5 |
28.7 |
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Transport and Comunications |
0.4 |
32.1 |
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Recreation |
0.1 |
51.6 |
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Education |
0.1 |
6.9 |
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Other Goods and
Services |
0.5 |
39.9 |
Goods prices, which represent 53% of the basket, experienced a
0.7%
monthly variation, while service prices, which account for the balance,
experienced a 0.2% monthly increase. When compared to the same month
last year goods and services prices rose 68.5% and 10.7% respectively.
More detailed information
available at the National Statistical Institute (INDEC,
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos)
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