Prices, which in the country as a whole rose by 0.2% in January -2.9% in annual rate-, but fell in the Canary Islands (-0.1%), according to data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
In the Canary Islands, clothing and footwear fell the most, by 13%, thanks to sales. Next are the furniture, which fell by 0.8%.
It was also less expensive in January to spend on leisure and culture, 2.2% less, as well as on transport (-0.1%).
On the other hand, prices rose mainly in housing, 2.8%, although this is the lowest increase among the autonomous communities.
Yes, they increased, above the average, in Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community and Ceuta, 0.3%, and the same as the country as a whole (0.2%) in Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Extremadura, Galicia and Madrid.
The CPI rose less in January (0.1%) in the Balearic Islands, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Murcia and the Basque Country.
In annual figures, they are above the average (2.9%) in the Basque Country (3.5%), the Balearic Islands (3.4%), Aragon and Asturias (both with 3.2%), the Valencian Community and Madrid (both with 3.1%) and Catalonia and Navarra (3.0% in both territories).
Less than the national average, prices have risen in a year in Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Melilla (2.8%), in Cantabria, Castilla y León, Galicia and La Rioja (2.7%), in Murcia and Ceuta (2.3%) and in Canary Islands, which registers the lowest rate, with 2.1%.
By groups, the one that rose the most in Spain, Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, grew more in the Valencian Community (5.0%) and Asturias and the Basque Country (4.8%), and less in Ceuta (2.6%), the Canary Islands (2.8%) and Madrid (2.9%).
Food - grouped with non-alcoholic beverages - increased its cost more in Ceuta (1.0%) and the Balearic Islands and Murcia (0.9%), by only one tenth (0.1%) in Melilla and Aragon and only two (0.2%) in Extremadura.
With the sales, the Clothing and footwear group reduced its prices sharply in all communities, more in Murcia (13.4%), the Canary Islands (13.2%) and La Rioja (13.0%), and less in Aragon (9.3%), Asturias (10.1%) and Andalusia (10.4%).
The cost of Leisure and culture also fell, more in Navarra (4.3%), the Basque Country (4.2%) and Catalonia (3.8%) and less in Ceuta (2.0%), the Canary Islands (2.2%) and Extremadura (2.4%).
