inflation in Metropolitan Lima in January would come at 0.27%, due to the soaring prices of some food and fuel, while the annualized rate would slow slightly, according to a survey conducted by the Reuters news agency.
In this way, the price index for the first month of the year to be well below the 0.33 per cent in December, and of 0.37% from January of last year.
"it Would have influenced the prices of some perishable foods, such as vegetables and fruits, which would have been offset by a lower average price of poultry products and tubers", explained the senior analyst of Department of Economic Studies at Scotiabank, Mario Guerrero.
By huaicos. The soaring prices of fruits and vegetables was also driven by heavy rains in agricultural areas of the country, who come generating huaicos and floods and the blocking of some roads.
The chief economist of BBVA Research, Francisco Grippa, noted that fuel prices also have increased slightly in January, although the increase would have been compensated for a correction of the rates of transport across provincial borders.
The inflation rate of the last 12 months to January would have slowed to between 3% and 3.1%, approaching 3% of the target range officer, from the 3.23% registered at the close of 2016.
As you recall, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) estimated in mid-December that the inflation rate of 2.3% to 2017.
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