*Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has announced that monthly inflation in February was 1.14%, up from 0.94% in January. This brought the annual inflation rate in February to 5.28%, up from 5.22% the previous month. The biggest monthly price rises were in the categories of education (+5.57%), transport (+1.57%), and housing, water, electricity, and gas (+1.16%).
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