For the third consecutive year the consumer price index ended up above 3%, according to INEI data.
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The consumer price index Metropolitan Lima concluded the year 2023 with an advance of 3.24%. In this way, inflation accumulated three consecutive years above the target range of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP), which ranges between 1% and 3%.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), only in December inflation had an increase of 0.41%, after decreases were reported in the previous two months.
At the national level, the consumer’s price index It closed last year at 3.41%, below the data for 2021 and 2022, which stood at 6.99% and 8.56%, respectively.
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Source: Larepublica
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