Consumer and
producer price indices
The consumer price index (CPI)
showed an annual variation of 9.3% in September 1999, 8.5 percentage points lower than in
1998. The sectors that registered good behavior were food 4.2%, clothes 4.4% and housing
8.6%. Health, education, transport and others exhibited an annual variation (15.3%) higher
than the average. On the other hand, the annual variation of the producer price index
(PPI) stood at 10.9%. Prices of imported goods increased 21.2%, while those for domestic
goods increased 10.9%.
CONSUMER AND
PRODUCER PRICES INDEX %
|
PRICE INCREASES
Annual variation %
END OF
PERIOD |
CPI |
PPI |
END OF
PERIOD |
CPI |
PPI |
1982 |
24.03 |
24.59 |
1991 |
26.82 |
23.06 |
1983 |
16.64 |
17.96 |
1992 |
25.14 |
17.88 |
1984 |
18.28 |
21.19 |
1993 |
22.61 |
13.19 |
1985 |
22.45 |
22.98 |
1994 |
22.60 |
20.73 |
1986 |
20.95 |
24.38 |
1995 |
19.47 |
15.43 |
1987 |
24.02 |
25.17 |
1996 |
21.64 |
14.54 |
1988 |
28.12 |
29.52 |
1997 |
17.68 |
17.49 |
1989 |
26.12 |
25.62 |
1998 |
16.70 |
13.50 |
1990 |
32.37 |
29.90 |
1999* |
9,33 |
10,91 |
|
* Annual variation
in september
Source : CPI National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
PPI Banco de la República - Economic Studies. |
