The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) announced this Thursday the value of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded during December 2024, as well as the last 12 months. How much was the inflation percentage for the last month of the year?
Through a document that can be accessed on its official website, the organism confirmed that the annual variation of the CPI was 5.20% and the monthly variation was 0.46%. “In December 2024, the annual variation of the CPI was 5.20%, that is, 4.08 percentage points lower than that reported in the same period of the previous year, when it was 9.28%,” they completed.
(See more: The Registry Office in Colombia canceled more than 1,000 IDs due to this error)
It is emphasized that the way of life During the last month in Valledupar it was higher compared to other territories such as Manizales, Tunja, Popayán and Florencia respectively.
Through a video that was published on the official x account of the organization, Piedad Urdinola, director of Dane, assured: “The division that contributed the most was accommodation, water, electricity and gas with a contribution of 2.13 percentage points”.
In this scenario, he highlighted that during the year, the division of expenses was allocated to the area of accommodation, taking into account the values of the rents, which are indexed to the CPI.
(See more: How much would Colombia’s CPI rise during 2025, according to the AI)
Finally, he mentioned that the restaurant, hotel and transportation divisions reflected significant impacts in a very important report. and with which many economic movements can be projected in a year that has just begun and that will probably inspire the confidence of the different markets taking into account the reduction of the most representative financial indicators.