Why Puerto Rico | 2018 Retail Market Report
General Consumer Price Index Puerto Rico July 2013-2017
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116.380 117.861 117.556 115.958 117.897 119.923
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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110
105
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Natural Years
General Consumer Price Index by Major Groups Puerto Rico
July 2018 versus 2017
Food and Beverages
Accommodations
Cloths
0.9
0.6
-1.2
4.2
Transportation
Medical care
Entertainment
1.3
-0.9
Education and Communications 2.2
Others articles and services 2.6
For their part, fuel distributors reported an increase of 35 percent, while gas stations and
convenience stores saw an increase of 34 percent, according to the report.
Meanwhile, sectors reporting negative results for the month of July 2018 were:
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sports, musical instruments and entertainment stores (-25.9 percent),
specialty food stores (-11.8 percent),
electronics stores (-6.1 percent),
cosmetics, beauty products and perfumes stores (-2.6 percent.)
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