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QUITO, Sept 6 (BestGrowthStock) – Consumer prices in Ecuador rose
0.11 percent in August, compared with a fall of 0.30 percent in
the same month last year, the government’s INEC statistics
agency said on Monday.
In July, the government reported a slight increase in
consumer prices of 0.02 percent.
Twelve-month inflation through August was 3.82 percent
versus 3.33 percent in the 12 months through August 2009.
(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
UPDATE 1-Ecuador says Aug inflation 0.11 pct
