Food soared 15.9% in December and raised core inflation to 7%

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The

last month

compared to December 2021, which strained the accounts of

who had to face

at Christmas .

Headline

last month ,

while core

-which does not take into account the price of energy products and fresh food, as they are the most volatile-

The National Institute of Statistics (

) has published this Friday the final figures of the CPI for December.

He had anticipated at the end of the month that inflation would stand at 5.8% -one tenth above the final result- and underlying inflation at 6.9% -one tenth below-.

In a

comparison , prices in the economy rose

in December compared to November;

while the prices of all products without counting fresh food and energy products increased by

.

This category includes all

(yogurts, legumes, pasta, etc.) that rose in a single month.

The December data also makes it possible to know with certainty that

compared to the

that occurred in Spain, according to the Statistics on Collective Agreements of the Labor Ministry.

The difference between one increase and another shows a loss of purchasing power for workers of about 6 points.

Beyond the pressure on the pocket exerted by inflation in general, which spreads through all the goods and services in the shopping basket, the

is one of the issues that worries the country the most, since it is something basic that no family - not even low-income ones - can give up.

Hence, the Executive has approved a

on some basic foods that came into force on January 1.

The measure will coincide with the

per liter on fuel, which will partly offset the effect it will have on the CPI for January.

For the whole of

, the Bank of Spain expects prices to rise another

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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