Consumer Price Index in Nicaragua Al December 31st, 2017  

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From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed an increase of 0.14 percent (0.12% in March 2017), explained mainly by the behavior of prices in some goods and services in the divisions of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (0.58%); Restaurants and hotels (0.40%); and Miscellaneous goods and services (0.52%), which together contributed 0.132 percentage points to the variation observed. In contrast, the Food and non-alcoholic beverages division showed a decrease of -0.32 percent (-0.112pp).  Click to interact with graphClick to interact with graph

In cumulative terms, national inflation reached 0.68 percent (1.48% in March 2017), induced by the behavior of prices in the Education, Transport and Health divisions, with a joint contribution of 0.591 percentage points. 

In year-on-year terms, inflation stood at 4.84 percent, 1.67 percentage points higher than that registered in March 2017, and core inflation was 4.20 percent (3.87% in March 2017). 

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