Consumer Price Index Bulletin, June 2026

The general Consumer Price Index (base 100 = 2017-2018) rose from 617.9 in May 2026 to 624.0 in June, a monthly increase of 1.0% and an annual increase of 18.9%, against 1.2% and 20.0% the previous month. IHSI presents this as a continuation of the deceleration that began in May, and it is the slowest annual rate the index has recorded since September 2021. The slowdown is broad across the household basket. Food and non-alcoholic beverages eased to 19.4% year-on-year, with rice at 22.4% in June against 23.6% in May, corn 18.4% against 20.0%, meat 26.6% against 27.4%, fresh fish 25.7% against 26.7%, herring 21.4% against 23.0%, cooking oil 19.6% against 20.8%, banana 19.2% against 19.7% and peas 21.2% against 22.1%.

Clothing and footwear slowed to 17.2%, with fabrics at 20.3%, garment-making 18.2% and suits 18.6%. Housing, water, gas, electricity and other fuels came in at 19.1%, with housing rent decelerating sharply to 19.0% from 22.0% and charcoal to 26.9% from 27.5%, while kerosene fell to 27.6% from 37.4%. Transport remains the fastest-rising division at 28.3% year-on-year, but its index actually fell on the month, from 459.4 to 457.6 (-0.4%), as gasoline and diesel eased to 27.4% from 30.0% and private vehicle maintenance to 25.2% from 26.0%.

Restaurant meals taken outside the home were unchanged at 23.6%. Locally produced goods rose 19.7% year-on-year and imported goods 17.6%, against 20.6% and 19.0% the previous month. Regionally the Metropolitan Area, the Rest of the West and the Transversal Region again posted the largest increases at 19.8%, 19.4% and 18.8%, with the remaining regions below 18.0%; the North was the slowest at 16.9%.