In the Azores, bank card purchases using POS reached a total value of 168,6 million euros in May, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%.
Withdrawals at ATM reached an amount of 50.3 million euros, a year-on-year decrease of 2.4%.
Food sales by large multiple retailers presented in May a year-on-year monthly change rate of +5.99%, at constant prices, and +9.92% at current prices.
The average inflation rate in the Azores got down to 2.68%, in the Country it was 2.56%.
The year-on-year monthly change rate was 1.98% in Azores and the National was 3.06%.
The monthly rate was -0.04% in Azores and 0.17% in the Country.