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Consumer and
producer price indices
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In June 2001 the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a variation during the year of 6.2%
and annual of 7.9%, 0.8 and 1.8 percentage points lower, respectively, than the one showed
in the same period of 2000. The 80.1% of the CPI's annual growth rate is explained as
follows: food (8.5%), transportation (12.9%), housing (3.8%), and other expenditures
(9.7%). On the other hand the Producer Price Index, (PPI), presented an annual increase of
10.1%, 5.5 percentage points lower than the one observed the year before. This growth is
mainly explained by the manufacturing sector (10.0%), which was 76.6% of the PPI's total
variation. The prices of agricultural goods grew by 9.8% in the year and mining prices
grew by 17.3%. By economic use and allocation, the goods highest price increases were in
construction materials 12.0%, raw materials (11.6%), final goods 9.0% and capital goods
6.5%. By origin, domestic goods grew by 10.9%, while imported goods by 7.6%.
CONSUMER AND PRODUCER PRICES INDEX %
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PRICE INCREMENT
Annual variation %
| END OF PERIOD |
CPI |
PPI |
END OF
PERIOD |
CPI |
PPI |
| 1986 |
20,95 |
24,38 |
1994 |
22,60 |
20,73 |
| 1987 |
24,02 |
25,17 |
1995 |
19,47 |
15,43 |
| 1988 |
28,12 |
29,52 |
1996 |
21,64 |
14,54 |
| 1989 |
26,12 |
25,62 |
1997 |
17,68 |
17,49 |
| 1990 |
32,37 |
29,90 |
1998 |
16,70 |
13,50 |
| 1991 |
26,82 |
23,06 |
1999 |
9,23 |
12,71 |
| 1992 |
25,14 |
17,88 |
2000 |
8,75 |
11,04 |
| 1993 |
22,61 |
13,19 |
2001
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7,92 |
10,10 |
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*: Up to June.
Source: CPI. National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
PPI.
Banco de la República - Economic Studies. |
