Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: Rising food in the region was 1.3% higher in 2013 BOLIVIA IS ONE OF THE FIVE COUNTRIES WITH MORE INFLATION According to FAO report, the price increase implies a impact on welfare of the poorest households, because [the poor] allocate more money to that item. Bolivia started in 2013…
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2013 inflation will be over 8%
Pagina Siete reports: PRICES OF PRODUCTS Entrepreneurs claim that inflation will be higher than 8% The businessmen of Santa Cruz warned that the country’s inflation this year will exceed 8%, while the Government assures that it shall not exceed that percentage. Santa Cruz entrepreneurs’ President, Gabriel Dabdoub, said that the high prices recorded during the…
Higher inflation in those South American countries under “socialism”… surprised?
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: ECONOMY Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay, with higher regional inflation Venezuela reached a food inflation of 4.9%, Bolivia Uruguay 2.2% and 3.9%. The chicken has incidence Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay are the countries with higher levels of food inflation in the region during September [2013]. The first country reached 4.9%,…
Bolivian inflation is harder to deny! Food prices rose by 101% since 2006… wonder why?
Pagina Siete reports: ACCORDING TO RESEARCH OF THE JUBILEO FOUNDATION Food prices rose by 101%, from 2006 So far year, food inflation reached 11.11% and is the highest rate since 2010. Affects more to the poorest households. The price of food has doubled in the past eight years, according to a report of the Jubileo…
Bolivia: Slowing inflationary pressures
Alberto Bonadona writes in El Deber: Slowing inflationary pressures Officially the monetary authorities accept that the goal of 4.8% inflation expected this year will not be achieved. To avoid the pressures that drive prices to rise, the Central Bank is issuing more bonds, trying to reduce the money in the hands of the public. A…
Bolivian salaries only enough to feed our families… and the rest…?!
From El Dia: Evaluation on the unequal distribution of the income Cedla: wages in the country just enough to eat Reality. Worker’s wages in Bolivia spends more on food and has 39% incidence in the basic basket. An evaluation of the Center of Studies for the Labor and Agrarian Development (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo…
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