Nicaragua Registers 4.4% Inflation

In October of this year, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.55%, mainly explained by the prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages and water, electricity, gas and other fuels.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

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 a monthly variation of 0.55 percent (0.31% in October 2016), mainly explained by the behavior of prices in some goods and services in the category of Food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.17% ); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (1.18%); and Restaurants and hotels (0.67%), which together contributed 0.583 percentage points to the variation observed. In contrast, the division of Transport, showed a variation of -1.43 percent (-1,09pp). Click to interact with graphicsClick to interact with graphics

In cumulative terms, national inflation was 3.26 percent (2.03% in October 2016), affected by the performance of prices in the categories of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; Education; and Food and non-alcoholic beverages; with a joint contribution of 1,751 percentage points. In year-on-year terms, inflation stood at 4.37 percent, 0.98 percentage points higher than the amount registered in October 2016, and core inflation was 4.15 percent (4.14 percent in October 2016).

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From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:

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In November, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 1.21%, explained mainly by prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages and transport.

From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:

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