Chile Annual Inflation Accelerates in March

2026-04-08 12:21 By Isabela Couto 1 min. read

Chile's annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.8% in March 2026 from 2.4% in February.

The strongest price pressures were recorded in restaurants and lodging at 6.2%, education at 6.1%, healthcare at 5.0%, and food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5%.

Prices also rose for alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 3.1%, utilities at 2.9%, recreation and sports at 1.8%, household equipment and maintenance at 1.5%, transport at 1.3%, and information and communication at 1.3%.

Deflation was seen in clothing and footwear at 3.8% and financial services and insurance at 6.0%.

On a monthly basis, prices rose 1.0% following a 0.4% increase in February.



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