Prices rose 2.4% in Catalonia in August.
The Catalan CPI is three-tenths below the Spanish average of 2.7%.
BarcelonaThe consumer price index (CPI) stood at 2.4% in Catalonia in August, three-tenths of a percentage point below the Spanish rate of 2.7%, amid a slowdown in food price increases due to the rise in the price of fruit. The National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed this Friday the inflation figure released for all of Spain two weeks ago, as well as the underlying inflation rate (excluding energy and unprocessed foods, the most volatile components), which stood at 2.4% year-on-year, one-tenth of a percentage point higher than in July.
The prices that rose the most in August in Catalonia compared to the same month a year earlier were housing (4.5%); hotels, cafes, and restaurants (4.2%); alcoholic beverages and tobacco (3.8%); other (3.6%), and education (2.8%). On the other hand, those that grew the least were the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages (2.3%); clothing and footwear (1.4%); medicine, and leisure and culture (1% both), communications (0.8%), transport (0.6%) and household goods (0.3%).
The inflation rate in Catalonia was below the Spanish average (2.7%), which was led by Ceuta (3.5%) and the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community (3.2% both), while La Rioja and Murcia (2.1% both) were Canudes (2.2%).
