Inflation hits harder the Bolivian poor

La Razon, Willy Chipana reports how inflation has hit harder the Bolivian poor: The Jubileo Foundation reported that inflation in 2011 affected more the poor because it became 7,04% due to the rise in food prices. The figure is slightly higher than announced by the National Institute of statistics (INE). “The accumulated variation in the consumer…

Bolivian salary increase levels during 2012

El Deber, Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez writes about an upcoming conflict, salary increase levels for 2012: The first graph shows the consumer price index (CPI) for the last two years, the monthly variation; and the second shows the cumulative variation: The COB calls for no less than 20% improvement or a basic salary of Bs…