The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) indicated this Thursday that the annual inflation of Colombia as of April it reached 9.23%the highest in 21 years, according to what was explained by the statistical agency, after the figure for July 2000 when it was 9.29%.
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This annual figure is almost five times the figure registered last 2021 of 1.95%.
Thus, by April of this year, the division of food and non-alcoholic beverages maintains an annual variation of 26.17%, followed by restaurants and hotels (14.37%) and goods and services for the home (11.76%).
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By annual contributions, the division of food and non-alcoholic beverages represents 4.26 percentage points, followed by accommodation and public services with 1.56 percentage points and restaurants and hotels with 1.38 points.
On the other hand, according to the statistical agency, the monthly figure was 1.25%, which leaves a cost of living in the year to date of 5.66%, double that of 2021, when it was 2.16%. .
Food explains 0.51 basis points of monthly inflation, where products such as rice explain 7 basic points, leading. In addition, milk provides 6 basis points, as does beef. As a whole, they explain 19 points to the variation of 0.51 basic points, explained Juan Daniel Oviedo, director of Dane.
Among the cities with the highest inflation are Popayán, Sincelejo and Valledupar. Among the lowest are Medellín, Santa Marta and Pereira.
In the annual case, Santa Marta, Cúcuta and Popayán are the ones that have had the most increase in inflation. Among the lowest are Bogotá and Medellín.
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