During the first month of the year, the rise in the consumer price index was caused by the behavior of the Water and Electricity Supply and Rental Divisions.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a 0.03% monthly variation in January 2019, the lowest observed in that month since 2016, informed the Central Bank of Honduras.
Up to January 2019 in Guatemala the year-on-year variation of the CPI was almost 4%, well above the rate of 2.3% registered at the end of 2018.
The most important inflation levels in January 2019 are as follows: monthly inflation of 1.35%, inflationary rhythm of 4.10% and accumulated inflation of 1.35% were registered, reported the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The consumer price index did not show any major changes in January, as it barely varied by 0.05% with respect to December, mainly because of the Transport and Education prices.
Of the 315 goods and services included in the consumption basket, 57% increased in price, 36% decreased in price and 7% showed no variation, informed the National Statistics and Census Institute.
After December 2018, the Confidence in Economic Activity Index in Guatemala reported an 8% year-on-year increase, in January the variation was -3% regarding the same month in 2017.
The Bank of Guatemala Report summarizes that "... An inflationary rhythm of 3.34% is forecast for January, 3.47% for February and 3.56% for March 2019. Regarding December 2019 and 2020, the Panel foresees an inflationary rhythm of 3.95% and 4.19%, in that order.
Up to December last year, the year-on-year variation of the Consumer Price Index was just 1.2%, a behavior that is explained by the fall in fuel prices.
The results of the general CPI, by groups of goods and services in December 2018, show reductions in Transport (-1.80%) and Housing (-1.45%), influenced by the reduction in prices of oil derivatives, informed the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.
The variation of the CPI reported during December 2018, was determined by the behavior of prices of Transport and Food and alcoholic beverages.
The National Institute of Statistics and Census reported that, during December, the goods and services showing the greatest positive effect are: tourist packages, subscription television and internet service. On the other hand, gasoline, airfare and liquefied gas were among the main with the greatest negative effect.
Up to December of last year, the year-on-year variation of the Consumer Price Index was 2.3%, an inflationary rhythm lower than the 5.7% recorded at the end of 2017.
The most important inflation levels for December 2018 are as follows: 0.13% monthly inflation, 2.31% inflationary rhythm and 2.31% cumulative inflation. The monthly inflation (0.13%), accumulated and year-on-year (2.31%), registered a deceleration regarding December of the previous year (0.95%), (5.68%), informed the National Statistics Institute.
In December, the CPI recorded a slight monthly change of 0.2%, because of rising prices of clothing, rental housing, electricity and some medicines.
From the Report of the Central Bank of Honduras:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a monthly variation of 0.19% in December 2018, same that was lower to the observed in December 2017 (0.65%), linked to the increase in prices of clothing, housing rent, electricity supply and some medicines, being partly compensated by the reduction in the prices of fuels and some perishable foods. While the year on year inflation was at 4.22%1 (4.73% twelve months ago).
During the eleventh month of the year, spending divisions reporting price increases included airfares and automobiles.
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) in November 2018 registered a -0.35% variation with respect to October of this year, ranking the accumulated inflation at 1.39% for the first eleven months of 2018.
During the eleventh month of the year, the CPI registered a 0.52% monthly variation, mainly because of the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages, and Communications.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua reported that in accumulated terms, national inflation reached 3.24% (4.51% in November 2017), caused by the behavior of goods and services prices in the sectors of Transportation; Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; and Education with a joint contribution of 1.642 percentage points. In year-on-year terms, inflation was at 4.40%, 0.95 percentage points lower than that registered in November 2017, and subjacent inflation was 4.14% (4.07% in November 2017).
In October, the year-on-year inflation was of 4.3%, however, in November the inflationary rhythm was reduced to 3.2%, behavior explained by the performance of transportation prices.
The most important inflation levels in November 2018 are the following: monthly inflation of -0.29%, inflationary rhythm of 3.15% and accumulated inflation of 2.18%, informed the National Statistics Institute.
In the eleventh month of the year, the consumer price index registered a monthly variation of 0.42%, mainly because of the positive effect of the prices of airline tickets and domestic services.
From the report of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Costa Rica:
In November 2018, the general index level was 104.303, compared to 103.864 in the previous month.
Among the spending categories that reported price increases in the tenth month of the year were Food and non-alcoholic beverages, Transportation and Furniture, and Household items.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report published by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic indicates that in October there was a variation of 0.22% with respect to September.
In the tenth month of the year, the CPI showed a monthly variation of 0.34%, mainly because of the behavior of Transport and Recreation prices.
The most important inflation levels of October 2018 are the following: a monthly inflation of 0.34%, an inflationary rate of 4.34% and an accumulated inflation of 2.48% were registered, according to the National Statistics Institute.
After a 2.2% year-on-year inflation was reported in September, during October the inflationary rate was reduced to 2%.
From the report of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Costa Rica:
From the 315 goods and services that are part of the consumption basket, 51% increase in price, 36% decreased in price and 13 % did not present variation.