According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), in February 2022, the Consumer Price Index in Metropolitan Lima (IPC) accumulated a growth of 0.31%, very close to the 0.36% of September 2022. 2021.
In this way, annualized inflation registers 0.35%. Meanwhile, the CPI at the National Level grew 0.46%.
At the end of January, the INEI announced that the base year of the CPI had been updated. In this way, the reference year for the measurement was 2021 (December). The entity specified that the new consumption structure of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is closer to reality, according to the new consumption habits of households in the country.
With the change of the Base Year, the INEI has expanded the number of products to investigate to measure the evolution of consumer prices throughout the country; Until December 2021, 768 products were investigated, with the base change, the evolution of the prices of 801 products at the national level will be analyzed.
Source: Larepublica
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