Inflation rises six tenths in November, to 2.4%, due to the increase in gasoline and electricity prices

Inflation has risen six tenths in November, until 2.4%mainly due to the increase in the cost of electricity and of the fuelswhose prices fell in the same month last year.

According to the advance data of the consumer price index (CPI) published this Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the general rate has been rising for two consecutive months and leaves behind a four-month downward trend that began in May.

For its part, the estimated annual variation rate of core inflation – the index without unprocessed food or energy products – decreased by one tenth, to 2.4%.

(There will be an extension)