Costa Rica: Inflation stabilizes in July
Latest reading: Consumer prices declined 0.3% on a year-on-year basis in July, unchanged from the previous month’s reading. July’s reading was the joint-strongest since June 2025, but remained well below the Central Bank’s 2.0–4.0% target range.
Relative to the previous month’s figures, there were higher price pressures for food and non-alcoholic beverages (-3.4% in annual terms vs -3.7% in June) and housing (-0.6% vs -0.8% in June). In contrast, price pressures reduced for transportation in July (+4.0% vs +4.3% in June).
Lastly, consumer prices declined 0.47% in July in month-on-month terms, following a 0.71% increase in the previous month.