For the third consecutive month, the inflationary rate in Guatemala decelerated, since the year-on-year variations reported by the Consumer Price Index during July, August and September, were of 4.4%, 3% and 1.8%, respectively.
The most important inflation levels in September 2019 are as follows: monthly inflation of -0.58%, inflationary rate of 1.80% and accumulated inflation of 1.63%, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).
After the July Consumer Price Index reported a 6.1% year-on-year variation, in August the increase was 6.3%.
In cumulative terms, national inflation stood at 4.03% (1.66% in August 2018), induced by the behavior of prices in the divisions of Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (42.89%), Several goods and services (9.87%), and Food and non-alcoholic beverages (2.81%), with a joint contribution of 2.13%, reported the Central Bank of Nicaragua.
In August, the Consumer Price Index in Costa Rica reported a 2.9% inter-annual variation, a rise that is partly explained by the behavior of the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, and Clothing and footwear.
Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumption basket, 52 % increased in price, 41 % decreased in price and 7 % showed no variation, informed the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
Increases in the electricity, fuel and some food prices caused a 0.92% monthly variation to be reported during the fourth month of the year.
The categories with the highest contribution to monthly inflation were "Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels" with 0.37%, "Transportation" with 0.21% and "Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages" with 0.16% -concentrating 80.4% of the total-, likewise, the groups "Personal Care", "Furniture and Articles for Home Maintenance" and "Clothing and Footwear" contributed in less proportion, informed the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH).
During the second month of the year, transportation and recreation were some of the spending divisions that caused the rise of the CPI in the country.
The most important inflation levels of February 2019 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.14%, inflationary rhythm of 4.46% and accumulated inflation of 1.49%, informed the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The consumer price index recorded a monthly variation of 0.22% in the ninth month of the year, mostly explained by the positive effect of transport and clothing and footwear prices.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Costa Rica report:
From the 315 goods and services that constitute the consumer basket, 54% increased in price, 36% decreased in price and 10% did not change.
Among the spending divisions that reported increases in prices in the eighth month of the year are Education, Transportation and Housing.
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) has remained practically unchanged for a second consecutive month, registering a variation of 0.03% with respect to the month of July of this year.
The consumer price index recorded a monthly variation of 0.44%, due to an increase in the prices of urban passenger transport and some items of clothing.
From a report by the Central Bank of Honduras:
In August 2018, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a monthly variation of 0.44%, mainly determined by higher prices in urban passenger transport, as well some items of clothing.
In the eighth month of the year, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.44%, mainly explained by the behavior of prices in the category of Food and Restaurants.
From a report by the National Institute of Statistics:
The most significant inflation levels in August 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.44% was registered, inflationary rhythm of 3.36% and accumulated inflation of 1.53%.
After reaching the highest level this year with 5.6% in June, the price index reported a variation of 5.2% in August compared to the same month in 2017.
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).
In the first sixth months of the year, the CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.57%, mainly explained by the behavior prices of Food and Health products.
From a report by the National Statistics Institute:
The most important inflation levels in June 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of 0.57%, inflation rhythm of 3.79% and cumulative inflation of 0.72%.
In Panama during May Transportation and Education prices were the items that grew the most, increasing by 3.8% and 3.7% respectively, with respect to 2017.
According to figures from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic when comparing the National Urban CPI of May 2018, with its similar figure for 2017, the following increases were observed: Transportation 3.8%; Education 3.7%, Restaurants and hotels 2.7%, Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and Health both 1.3%, Miscellaneous goods and services 1.2%, Housing, water, electricity and gas with 0.8%, and Recreation and culture 0.3%
During the fifth month of the year, the CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.55%, mainly explained by prices in the sectors of Food and non-alcoholic beverages and Transport.
From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed an increase of 0.55 percent (0.13% in May 2017), explained mainly by the behavior of prices in some goods and services of the Food and non-alcoholic beverages divisions (0.85%), Transportation (1.76%), and Restaurants and hotels (0.41%), which together contributed 0.475 percentage points to the variation observed.In contrast, the Recreation and Culture division showed a decrease of -1.46 percent (-0.056pp).
During the second month of the year, the CPI recorded a monthly variation of 0.22%, mainly explained by the prices of Education and Health services.
From a report by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a monthly variation of 0.22 percent (0.74% in February 2017), explained mainly by the behavior of prices in some goods and services of Education (5.28%), Health (1.12%) and Transportation (0.55%), which together contributed0.415 percentage points to the variation observed.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]