These research results do not allow simple comparison with the CPI statistics released by the MIC, in part because the coverage of the SRI-Hitotsubashi Unit Value Price Index is limited to goods with point-of-sale (POS) data.
Therefore, the decline in inflation, together with expectations of  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  moderation in inflation, enabled and even supported the reduction of the interest rate, which is intended to support activity and growth, both by lowering the cost of credit and by its effect on the exchange rate which mainly affects the commercial sector – the export industries and alternatives to imports.