Despite CPI of only 0.2% in May, Caution Persists and Economists Expect BC to Maintain the Rate at June Meeting

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A “positive” surprise had the economy this Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose only 0.2%, less than what the market expected, ranging from 0.3% to 0.5%. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), with this record inflation accumulates between January and May an advance of 2.8% and 3.9% in annual terms, showing in this last measurement a slight decline in relation to April, when it was 4%. In the fifth month of the year, nin…

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In May 2026, Chile's Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a monthly variation of 0.2%, amassing 2.8% in the year and 3.9% to 12 months.With the data on the table, private analysts highlighted that the results of the fifth month of the year would be favorable for Chilean monetary policy.In May 2026, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) scored a monthly variation of 0.2%, accumulating 2.8% in the year and 3.9% to 12 months.They highlighted the increases …

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Chile’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) closed May at 3.9% year-on-year, a tenth less than in April, according to the data released this Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Already last month alone, inflation moderated to 0.2%, a point and a tenth less. [...] The entry Chile’s CPI dropped a tenth in May, to 3.9% year-on-year, but the monthly advance plummeted to 0.2% appears first in Forbes Spain.

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In April, the twelve-month record had been 4% and 1.3% in the month, pressed between the rise in transport prices in the middle of the conflict in the Middle East

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) scored a monthly variation of 0.2%, accumulating 2.8% in the year and 3.9% to 12 months, reported the National Institute of Statistics. Nine of the thirteen divisions that make up the CPI basket contributed positive incidences in the monthly variation of the index and four had negative incidences. [...] The Inflation entry gives a respite to the economy was first published in Desenfoque.cl.