Inflation rises every time the second Christmas bonus is offered!

This cartoon from El Diario, June 5, 2918, shows how cheap demagogue damages family income: The “offer” of a second Christmas bonus triggers speculation, prices go up every day, without any control. Not only private companies are impacted, whether in the legal or informal economies, also the purchasing power of family income suffers from this…

Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent

Reuters reports: Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent Bolivian consumer prices rose 0.38 percent in February, the official National Statistics Institute said on Friday, marking an increase in inflation from 0.10 percent in January. Rising food and beverage prices led February’s increase. The South American natural gas exporting nation expects inflation of 5.03 percent…

Bolivia says 2016 inflation was 4 pct, up from 2.95 pct in 2015

Reuters reports: Bolivia says 2016 inflation was 4 pct, up from 2.95 pct in 2015 Bolivia’s inflation rate for full-year 2016 was 4 percent, the official National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday, well under the government’s 5.3 percent target but higher than the 2.95 percent rise in consumer prices in 2015. The economy ministry…

Bolivia November inflation 0.42 pct, 12-month rate 3.88 pct

Reuters reports: Bolivia November inflation 0.42 pct, 12-month rate 3.88 pct Dec 6 Bolivian inflation was 0.42 percent in November, up from 0.37 percent in October, the government’s National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Tuesday. Prices of food, particularly potatoes and tomatoes, as well as housing and basic services, drove the rise, INE said in…

Bolivia September inflation 0.45 pct, 12-month rate 3.47 pct

Reuters reports: Bolivia September inflation 0.45 pct, 12-month rate 3.47 pct Oct 6 Bolivian inflation was 0.45 percent in September, bringing the country’s 12-month rate to 3.47 percent, the government’s National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Thursday. Prices of potatoes and chicken rose while the cost of onions, peas, bananas, toilet paper and transportation fell,…