Toledo (EFE).- Inflation in Castilla-La Mancha moderated in June, with an interannual rate increase of 1.2 percent, that is, 1.8 points less than in May, and with a rise in prices in food which stands at 9.9 percent compared to the same month last year.
Compared to May, in Castilla-La Mancha prices have risen by 0.6 percent, while so far this year, they have increased by 2.2 percent.
At the national level, inflation moderated in June to 1.9% in the interannual rate, 1.3 points less than the previous month and the lowest since March 2021, due to the behavior of fuel, electricity and food, which rose 10.3%, 1.7 points less than in May.
According to the data from the consumer price index (CPI) confirmed this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), after this national moderation in the rise in prices is the decrease in fuel and electricity, while within food they fell legumes and vegetables and fewer fruits, bread and cereals, and meat rose.
Regarding the annual rate of underlying inflation, without fresh food or energy, the INE also confirms that it fell by two tenths, to 5.9%.
The annual rate of the CPI has decreased in June compared to May in all communities.
The greatest decreases occurred in Castilla-La Mancha, with 1.8 points, and in Comunidad Foral de Navarra and Castilla y León, with 1.6 points each.
In turn, the smallest decreases occurred in Comunidad de Madrid, Canarias and País Vasco, which fell 1.0 points, 1.0 and 1.1 points, respectively.
Food rises, housing and transportation fall
In Castilla-La Mancha, the group that has made prices more expensive in June compared to the same month last year have been food and non-alcoholic beverages, with a rise of 9.9 percent; followed by alcoholic beverages and tobacco, with an increase of 8.3%, and hotels, cafes and restaurants, which have become more expensive by 8% compared to June 2022.
Household items have also increased by 5.3%; 4.6% leisure and culture; 2.4% education and 2.3 percent clothing and footwear and medicine.
In contrast, the only groups that have fallen have been housing, with a year-on-year decrease of 17.6 percent in Castilla-La Mancha, and transport, a fall of 7.7 percent.