The year-on-year price rate stood at 3.2%, a figure lower than the 3.4% recorded last March. This downward trend was mainly driven by containment in key sectors of the domestic economy.

The sectors that contributed most to this slowdown were clothing and footwear, which reduced its impact by 4.1 points, followed by housing, water, electricity, and gas, with a drop of 2.9 points. The recreation, sports, and culture category also experienced a similar fall of 2.9 points.

Conversely, some sectors showed an upward trend in their prices. Transport accelerated its increase to 5.5%, while alcoholic beverages recorded a 5.3% rise during the same period.