The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a decrease of 0.24% (-0.03% in August 2017), explained mainly by the behavior of prices in some goods and services in the divisions of Food and non-alcoholic beverages  (- 0.75%), Recreation and culture (-3.88%) and Communications (-0.06%), which together contributed -0.4 percentage points to the observed variation, reported the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN).

On the other hand, year-on-year inflation stood at 4.95 percent, 1.48 percentage points higher than was registered in August 2017, and core inflation was 4.35 percent (4.22% in August 2017).

The BCN report outlines that, in cumulative terms, national inflation reached 1.66 percent (2.37% in August 2017), induced by the behavior of prices in the divisions of Transportation; Education; and Accommodation, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, with a joint contribution of 1,305 percentage points.

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