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According to Central Bank (BCRD) statistics, the groups with the highest contribution to inflation in August 2021 were food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.47%), transport (1.07%) and restaurants and hotels (1.31%), which accounted for 83% of general inflation for the period.
Generally, August 2021 inflation stood at 0.80% and inflation accumulated in the first eight months of the year by 5.41%.
Meanwhile, Central Bank figures indicate that year-on-year inflation, measured from August 2020 to August 2021, stood at 7.90%.
Food and drink
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the foods that most influenced the rise prices were fresh chicken (7.70%), garlic (22.23%), soda (5.76%), onions (11.63%), tomatoes (19.38%), beef (4.14%), peppers (9.80 %), soybean oil (1.37%), pineapple (12.44%), salami (0.91%) and rice (0.25%).
Meanwhile, others foodstuffs recorded declines in prices, Such as: eggs (-4.42%), avocados (-17.87%), green foxes (-3.98%), pork (-2.04%), sweaty bread (-1.35%), green bananas (-0.97%) , oranges (-7.38%) and water bread (-1.18%).
The CPI of the group of alcoholic beverages and tobacco grew 0.80%, product of the rise in the price of bottled beer (1.16%), Malta (0.43%), whiskey (0.6%)