Guatemala: Inflation is unchanged in December from November
Latest reading: Consumer prices were up 1.7% in annual terms in December, unchanged from the previous month’s reading.
Relative to the previous month’s figures, there were reduced price pressures for food and alcoholic beverages (+2.1% vs +2.2% in November), housing, electricity, water and fuels (+1.3% vs +1.8% in November) and clothing and footwear (+0.8% vs +0.9% in November).
Lastly, consumer prices were up 0.07% in December on a month-on-month basis, following a 0.30% increase in the prior month.