Consumer Price Index Bulletin, September 2026

The September 2026 bulletin reports that the general consumer price index continued to decelerate because of the base effect of last year's high level. The index stood at 647.6 compared with 639.0 in August, giving monthly and annual inflation of 1.3% and 16.4%, compared with 1.6% and 17.0% in August. The monthly slowdown follows the acceleration recorded the previous month after petroleum product prices rose. Food items such as meat, fresh fish, herring, milk, banana and raw sugar, along with clothing, vehicle maintenance, fuel and restaurant meals, drove the deceleration. Prices of local and imported products rose 16.9% and 15.7% year on year. The Metropolitan Area and the Rest of the West showed the highest annual increases, at 17.6% and 17.0%.