Secondary education recorded the largest increase in costs

The expenditure on education they increased in February, on the eve of the beginning of the school year, which had the effect of increasing inflation in this month by 2.4% compared to January.

The Consumer Price Index report reflects that secondary education has an increase of 5.5%while the costs of primary education increased by 5.3%.

The school uniforms went up by 4.4%whether compared to January or last year.

He the increase in school transport was 5.2%while school textbooks rose in price by 2.2% compared to 2022 and 2.3% compared to January.

The Classes started on March 6.Therefore, this month there could be an increase in school expenses, due to purchases that occur after the beginning of the school year.

As for the price of electricitywhich was the main reason for the increase in inflation in January, this time it remained the same compared to this month, but the growth of 41% compared to the same period in 2022 is still burdensome, due to abolition of the extraordinary subsidy because of the pandemic.

At the level of drinks and food there was a significant variation of 8.2% in the price of winecompared to January.

The groups that showed a decline in February were transport at 0.4%; furniture, items for the home and for the usual protection of the home with 0.2%; and food and soft drinks with 0.1%.

Inflation in 2022 was 2.9%mainly influenced by the price of fuel until the government decided to freeze it and leave it at $3.25 per gallon, which is a measure only until April 1st.