The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) detailed that the base year of the Consumer’s price index (IPC).
It is worth emphasizing that the current base year for measuring the evolution of prices dates back to 2009, and this must be modified —according to international standards— every five years.
In this sense, INEI informed a local media that it will present from next Tuesday, February 10, the variation of the CPI with the new consumption structure in metropolitan Lima, of 26 cities in the country and at the national level, after analyzing the National Survey of Family Budgets and the weighting of products, determination of brands and characteristics of family demand, as well as the places and frequency of purchase.
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New products
The new products that are included in the consumer basket are packaged communication services (duos or trios), streaming platform subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, HBO, among others) and delivery services and home delivery of products ( delivery).
Also services such as medical care for pets and personal protection medical products (surgical gloves, masks).
However, they will be excluded from the basket due to their lower consumption long distance telephone services, public telephone service, telephone cards, digital cameras, DVD, making suits.
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INEI recalled that the products selected for the measurement of the CPI must be representative of family spending, of frequent consumption in households, have feasibility in capturing prices and represent products not included.
Finally, they revealed that for this adjustment they had the advice of the International Monetary Fund and other research centers, in order to have a CPI consumption structure that is closer to reality.
More details of product expansion
Starting this year, the products surveyed to calculate consumer prices -at the national level- will rise from 768 to 801. Only in Metropolitan Lima, it will go from 532 to 586.
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In addition, the total number of commercial establishments also increased: from 42 to 50 capital markets and from 56 to 102 self-markets and minimarkets.
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