The cost of living in Colombia grew 10.21% annually in July and for the first time in 22 years it reached double digits. Juan Daniel Oviedo, director of the Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane), confirmed that the spending division that continues to put the most pressure on the pocket is food, especially chicken and beef.
Likewise, the official made it known that heVegetables, sugar, bread and dried legumes are the other foodstuffs that increased the most in July.
The monthly variation in the cost of living (technically called inflation) was 0.81%. While the increase between January and July is already 7.96%.
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