The decrease in the CPI in the state was two-tenths less than in the Community of Valencia, where it remained at 3%, but one-tenth more than in the whole country. Growing 16.6% between years in March, three-tenths less than in February, a record 16.9% increase.
with everything, products like sugar are now 43% more expensive than last year, something that is also in milk, 30.3%; oil, 27.2%; legumes and vegetables 24.8%; cereals and derivatives, 22.8%; and eggs, in the same proportion. It will be necessary to see how the measures to lower the price of 500 essentials, as Mercadona announced this week, will lower the price of the shopping cart next month.
Moderating inflation went hand in hand with electricity, fuel and shelter.transportation, which decreased by 20.8% compared to just one year ago and also decreased by 4%.