The most notable increases were in the divisions of food and non-alcoholic beverages and household furnishing and maintenance, and the most notable decrease was in the division of insurance and financial services.
In May 2025, the monthly variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 0.2%, the cumulative variation in the year to date was 2.4%, and the twelve-month variation was 4.4%.
Nine of the thirteen divisions of the CPI basket had positive influences on the monthly variation of the index and four divisions had negative influences.
Among the divisions that increased in prices, the most notable were food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.3%), which had an impact of 0.062 percentage points (pp), and household furnishing and maintenance (1.0%), which had an impact of 0.057 pp.
The remaining divisions with positive influence on the variation of the CPI had a combined impact of 0.143 pp.
Among the divisions with monthly decreases in prices, the most notable was insurance and financial services (-2.2%), which had an impact of -0.023 pp.
See:
Bulletin (English translation)
Technical Supplement (Spanish only)
Statistical Tables (Spanish only)