Basic food basket and price index in the Guadalajara metropolitan area 2005

Abstract

During the last 40 years our country has experienced high and variable inflation rates, which has affected economic growth, the main condition for contributing to the reduction of poverty and inequality that has characterized the Mexican economy. The present analysis is the product of a broader research work, whose main objective is to analyze the behavior of the inflationary phenomenon, which has a negative impact on economic growth and is an element that aggravates the problem of poverty and inequality in income distribution. The study of inflation on this occasion corresponds to that observed throughout 2005, and is carried out in the area comprising the municipalities that make up the Guadalajara metropolitan area.