By Susana Condado
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Metropolitan Lima has experienced an increase during the last month, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). The sectors that have contributed the most to this inflationary increase are education and food and non-alcoholic beverages.
In percentage terms, the Lima CPI registered an increase of 1.01% in March, adding the education and food and non-alcoholic beverage sector an incidence of 76.7% in the inflationary phenomenon of the last report issued by the INEI.
The rise in the education sector is attributed mainly to seasonal prices related to the school season. Pensions in private schools experienced notable increases: secondary (6.4%), primary (6.3%) and initial (6.1%). In addition, tuition costs for private schools also contributed to the increase: initial (3.1%), primary (2.9%) and secondary (2.7%). Even payments for other concepts in state schools also increased on average by 0.7%. While the pension in non-state universities had a variation of 3.78%
Regarding the food and non-alcoholic beverages sector, an increase of 1.70% was recorded. The highest prices were evident in fish and shellfish, highlighting the species: horse mackerel (19.2%), mahi mahi (18.5%), hake (9.9%), mackerel (8.6%), croaker (3. 2%) and bonito (2.7%), increases associated with the greater demand for Easter. Other foods, such as chicken eggs, rose by 12.1%.
Source: Larepublica
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