Inflation is the sustained and generalized increase in the prices of an economy’s goods and services over time. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was created to measure inflation.

The CPI is a recurrently used economic indicator for measuring the variation in the prices of a fixed basket of goods and services representing household consumption over time.

The Producer Prices Index (PPI) is a series of indicators also known as the National System of Producer Price Indexes (NSPPI) that measures changes in the prices of a basket of goods and services representing national production.

Under the Law of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), published in the Official Federal Gazette on April 16th, 2008, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) is exclusively empowered to prepare and publish national price indexes.

On the web site www.inegi.org.mx you can consult:

• Complete time series since the calculation of price indexes began in the section Price Indexes / Products and services / On-line consultation. (INEGI)
• Consumer price indexes (available only in Spanish)
• Producer price indexes (available only in Spanish)
• Documents explaining what price indexes are and how they are calculated including current weightings in the section Price Indexes / Methodological aspects. (INEGI)
• CPI methodological document (available only in Spanish) (PDF)
• PPI methodological document (available only in Spanish) (PDF)
• CPI weightings (available only in Spanish) (XLS)
• PPI weightings (available only in Spanish) (XLS)
• Links for calculating inflation, schedules with price index publication dates and responses to the most frequently asked questions: what they are, how they are calculated and what price indexes are used for in the section Price indexes / Divulgation. (INEGI)
• Inflation calculator (available only in Spanish)
• Price indexes publication schedules (available only in Spanish)
• Most frequently asked questions about the CPI (available only in Spanish)
• Most frequently asked questions about the PPI (available only in Spanish)

On the Bank’s web site you can consult:

• Quarterly reports on the behavior of inflation and Banco de México’s steps to achieve its aim of keeping inflation low and stable in the section Publications / Publications.
• Quarterly inflation reports