The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.3% in June compared to May in the Canary Islands, one tenth less than it did in the rest of Spain, which places the annual inflation rate in the islands at 3.1%, the lowest in the country at this time.
According to data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), last month prices increased in the islands especially in leisure and culture, 1.3%; housing (chapter that includes electricity), 1.0%; hospitality and tourism, 0.6%; and the group of other services, 0.6%.
They also rose in alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 0.5%; education, 0.1%; and food, 0.1%; and remained in household goods and telecommunications.
On the other hand, June closed with cheaper prices than in May for clothing and footwear trade (-1.4%), medicine (-0.1%) and transport (item that includes fuels, -0.1%).
In the last twelve months, the most inflationary sector of the Canary economy is hospitality and tourism, which has raised its prices by 5.5%; followed by housing, with 5.1%; and food, with 4.4%.
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, 3.5%, and education, 3.2%, have also had increases higher than the general inflation rate in the islands. Likewise, transport has become more expensive, although below the average, 2.3%; leisure and culture, 1.9%; medicine, 1.8%; and communications, 0.1%.
On the other hand, at this time clothing and footwear have cheaper prices than a year ago, with a decrease of 2.2%; and household goods, with 0.5%. In Spain as a whole, the CPI rose 0.4% in June compared to May and placed the inflation rate at 3.4%.
