According to what is detailed by the INE, seven of the 13 divisions that make up the CPI basket contributed positive incidents in September, while five were negative.
A variation of 0.1% recorded in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the month of Septemberaccording to what was reported this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
With this figure, lower than expected by the market, The accumulated CPI so far this year reaches 3.5%, and a variation of 4.1% over twelve months with respect to the spliced series of the index.
According to the INE, seven of the 13 divisions that make up the IPC basket contributed positive impacts in the monthly variation, while five had negative incidents and there was a division that registered zero incidence.
The organization added that among the divisions that presented increases in their prices, Clothing and footwear (3.3%) and home equipment and maintenance (0.9%) stood out..
For its part, among the divisions that recorded monthly decreases in their prices, it stood out food and non-alcoholic beverages (-0.5%)with an incidence of -0.109 percentage points.
The September CPI in some specific products
Medications for the digestive and metabolic system: In September it presented a monthly increase of 8.1%, contributing 0.044pp. to the variation of the general indicator. It accumulated 13.1% in the ninth month of the year.
Intercity bus transportation: recorded a monthly increase of 16.4%, with an incidence of 0.042pp., and a variation of 3.6% so far this year.
Pan: registered a monthly increase of 1.4%, with 0.031pp., accumulating 3.1% so far in 2024.
Private passenger transportation: recorded a growth of 7.2%, with 0.030pp., accumulating 3.1% in 2024.
beef: reported a monthly decrease of 3.5%, with an incidence of -0.074pp., registering a variation of 0.8% so far this year.
Gasoline: registered a monthly decrease of 1.7%, with -0.058pp., accumulating 1.5% so far in 2024.