In the latter case, the increase in electricity, gas and water rates recorded in most regions had an impact. In turn, in the Home equipment and maintenance division (4.4%) the increase in domestic services was impacted by the increase fixed in parity.
Another category to highlight is Food, which rose 7.2%, also above the general level of consumer prices.
The items that increased the least during March were Recreation and culture (3.3%), Communication (3.4%) and Home equipment and maintenance (4.4%)
Regulated prices
Between the regulated prices, the increase in cigarettes stood out, which had an impact on the Alcoholic beverages and tobacco division (5.7%); the share of prepaid medicine, within Health (5.0%); fuels, in Transport (5.5%); and the mobile telephony service, within Communications (3.4%).
At the category level, Regulated (8.4%) was the one with the largest increase in March –on average, it contributed 1.5 percentage points between the regions–. It was followed in importance by the Core CPI (6.4%), while Seasonal ones registered an increase of 6.2%, mainly driven by the rise in Clothing and footwear.
Source: Ambito
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