* Colombia’s national statistics department (Dane) has released the latest consumer price index, which put monthly inflation in March at 1.05%, down from 1.66% in February. This brought annual inflation to 13.34%, which was up from 13.28% in February. Inflation in March was predominantly driven by monthly price increases for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+1.01%), goods & services (+1.62%) and household goods (+1.47%).
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