The most notable increases were in the division of transport and the division of food and non-alcoholic beverages, and the most notable decrease was in the division of clothing and footwear.
In October 2026, the monthly variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 0.5%, the year-to-date variation was 4.5%, and the twelve-month variation was 4.5%.
Six of the thirteen divisions of the CPI basket had positive impacts on the monthly variation of the index, five divisions had negative impacts, and two divisions had no impact.
Among the divisions with increases in prices, the most notable were transport (2.0%), which had an impact of 0.265 percentage points (pp), and food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.0%), which had an impact of 0.231 pp.
The remaining divisions with positive influence on the variation of the CPI had a combined impact of 0.201 pp.
Among the divisions with monthly decreases in prices, the most notable was clothing and footwear (-4.1%), which had an impact of -0.098 pp.
See:
Bulletin (English translation)
Technical Supplement (in Spanish)
Statistical Tables (in Spanish)