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Mexican Inflation Keeps Rising, while Peso Loses Strength

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Inflation in Mexico reached a record 6 percent in September, its highest level since April 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Thursday, Oct. 7. The rise in the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) was mainloy due to increases in food and energy prices. According to Inegi, inflation in Mexico

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Mexican Inflation Hits 5.87 Percent in First Half of September

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Consumer Price Index (INPC) soared to 5.87 percent in the first half of September, its highest level since the first half of June, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Thursday, Sept. 23 The index registered its highest level since the first half of the sixth month of this

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Mexico’s Airfares Increase by 43.9 Percent in 2021

By KELIN DILLON According to the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) of Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), airfares increased by 43.9 percent during the country’s second economic quarter of 2021 compared to the year previous. The surge in price can be explained due to several factors — first and foremost, because flights during the second quarter of

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Mexico’s May Inflation Up for Third Straight Month

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For the third month in a row, Mexico’s inflation rate in May broke the maximum target set by the country’s Central Bank (Banxico), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported Wednesday, June 9. In the fifth month of 2021, Mexico’s National Consumer Price Index (INPC) registered a level of 5.89 percent at

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Mexican Inflation Tops 6 Percent in First Quarter of 2021

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s annual inflation rate reached 6.05 percent in the first quarter of 2021, its highest level since December 2017, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). In a report issued on Thursday, April 22, the Inegi said that the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) registered a 6.05 percent annual variation in the first half

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Inflation in Mexico Jumps to 4.1 Percent

XINHUA Inflation in Mexico reached 4.1 percent in the first half of September, driven by the price of agricultural products, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported on Thursday, Sept. 24. In the first half of the month, the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) grew 0.16 percent compared to the previous two-week period, according to Inegi. In the

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Inflation Shoots Up in First Half of March

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     Despite the fact that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised that inflation would be kept at a maximum of 3.4 percent rate in 2019, overall price increases for the first half of March shot up to 3.95 percent, according to the National Consumer Price Index (INCO), a subdivision of the National Institute

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