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August IPC Scores Increase of 0.6%, Above Expectations

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a monthly variation of 0.6% in August, reported the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Tuesday. The figure was above the ceiling of the range anticipated by the experts, which projected a variation of 0.1% to 0.4%. With this result, the indicator accumulates 3.6% in the year and 4.1% to twelve months, from 3.5% in July, a figure that is well above the Central Bank's 3% target, which today has to pro…

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a monthly variation of 0.6% in August, reported the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Tuesday. The figure was above the ceiling of the range anticipated by the experts, which projected a variation of 0.1% to 0.4%. With this result, the indicator accumulates 3.6% in the year and 4.1% to twelve months, from 3.5% in July, a figure that is well above the Central Bank's 3% target, which today has to pro…

·Las Condes, Chile
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Prices rose 0.6% in August compared to July, twice the 0.3% forecast by analysts polled by Bloomberg

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Scotia Economics & Financial Research, Scotiabank Chile.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) also did not bring good news for the Chilean economy: it recorded an increase of 0.6% in August, reported Tuesday the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The result doubled the market expectations, which pointed to a variation of 0.3%. With this result, inflation accumulated an advance of 3.6% [...]

Inflation again gave a sign of concern to the Chilean economy. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a monthly variation of 0.6% in August, accumulated an increase of 3.6% in the first eight months of the year and carried inflation from twelve months to 4.1%, according to the Institute’s report on [...] The Inflation Entry Surprises the Rise in August: CPI rises 0.6% and doubles market expectations was first published in El Periodista.

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) has released the figures of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August, revealing an increase of 0.6%. This variation represents the third most significant of the current year, being surpassed only by the increases recorded in March (1.0%) and April (1.3%). According to [...]

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La Tercera broke the news in Las Condes, Chile on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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