* Uruguay’s national statistics institute (INE) has released inflation figures for June, which indicate that monthly inflation fell to -0.46% with the year-on-year rate at 5.98%. This represents a continued slow-down in inflation from May when monthly inflation was -0.01% and the annual rate was 7.10%.
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