Inflation in Bolivia with
Negative Tendency
LA PAZ - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in
Bolivia registered a negative variation of
0.002 percent in May, compared to that in
April (0.09), as reported by an official
source on Sunday.
The Bolivian National Statistics Institute (INE)
report said the accumulated variation is
0.29 percent and 12 months later, the data
has reached 1.38 percent.
The CPI is an indicator that measures the
variations of prices of a determined group
of goods and services to the population.
In May, the price of chicken meat presented
the biggest negative incidence with 0.14
percent, besides tangerine with 0.06
percent, shad with 0.05 percent, and orange
with 0.04 percent, among the main items.
Sugar and onion presented positive
incidence, with 0.04 and 0.03 percent,
respectively.
The sector of food and non-alcoholic
beverages are the groups with greatest
incidence.
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