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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 1.32% increase over the previous month
and a 39.6% increase compared to the same month last year. When compared to
December 2001, the index experienced a 42.8% 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 |
1.3 |
42.8 |
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Food and Beverages |
1.5 |
60.4 |
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Indumentaria |
-2.2 |
55.2 |
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Housing and Basic Services |
1.3 |
14.5 |
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Household Goods and Services |
0.6 |
55.1 |
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Medicine and Health |
1.4 |
29.7 |
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Transport and Comunications |
1.0 |
32.6 |
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Recreation |
4.8 |
61.5 |
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Education |
0.2 |
6.9 |
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Other Goods and
Services |
-0.2 |
40.2 |
Goods prices, which represent 53% of the basket, experienced a
0.8%
monthly variation, while service prices, which account for the balance,
experienced a 2.1% monthly increase. When compared to December 2001 goods and services prices rose
70.0% and 13.5% respectively.
More detailed information
available at the National Statistical Institute (INDEC,
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos)
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