Inter annual inflation up to June reached 4.59%, with food groups and non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, health and transport having the largest increases.
From a press release issued by the National Institute of Statistics:
The overall level of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June is 169.180, which is a variation of 0.38% compared with the rate in May (with a value of 168.537).
Compared with April prices rose 0.1%, and the sectors of education, food and beverages, health and household furniture and equipment showed the greatest increases.
From a report issued by the Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in May, compared to April 2014, there was an increase of 0.1 percent for both the National Urban and for the districts of Panama and San Miguelito and Other Urban.
Food and beverage services, restaurants and hotels, recreation and culture were the sectors that led the rise in prices in April.
From a press release issued by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
In April Monthly inflation closed at 0.44 percent (0.64% in December 2013), driven by price increases in the divisions of food and soft drinks; restaurants and hotels; and recreation and culture, together contributing 0.496 percentage points in the observed variation.
In March the consumer price index rose by 0.4% from February, with the Health, Transport and Food and Beverage segments increasing the most.
A statement from the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March compared to February 2014 showed an increase of 0.4 percent in the National Urban area, 0.3 percent for the districts of Panama and San Miguelito and 0.6 percent in the Other Urban areas.
The growth of prices in this month was 0.23%, 0,03% less than inflation reached in February.
From a statement issued by the National Institute of Statistics of Guatemala:
Of the twelve divisions of expenses making up the CPI, housing (0.48%), transport (0.43%), and recreation (0.33%) were those mostly responsible for the level of inflation reached in March (0.23%).
In February prices increased by 0.20%, driven by the food, goods and services and housing sectors.
Of the twelve divisions of expenses making up the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the sectors of food, goods and services, and housing were those that contributed the most to the inflation seen in February.
From information published by the National Statistics Institute (INE):
The national cumulative inflation in February 2014 stood at 1.39%, while in the same month of 2013 it was 1.80%.
Monthly inflation was 0.66% and was determined by the behavior of the education, housing and water sectors among others.
From a press release issued by the Central Bank of Honduras (BCN):
Monthly domestic inflation in February 2014 was 0.66% (0.61% in February 2013), according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which was published on March 6 by the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN).
Food and non-alcoholic beverages, rent, water, electricity, gas and health showed the largest increases.
From a press release by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
Inflation in January 2014 recorded a rise of 0.73%, lower than that observed in the previous year (1.19% in 2013). The divisions that contributed marginally to this result were: food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.59%), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (1.06%), and health (1.85%), which together contributed 0.751%. This was partially offset by a fall in the prices in the recreation and culture division.
The Institute of Statistics and Census analyzes the behavior shown during 2013 in the prices of goods and services.
Between January and December 2013, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a variation of 3.68 %. The consumer goods groups that influenced the cumulative change the most were communications, food and beverages, education and residential properties.
The Central Bank has lowered its inflation forecast to 4% for 2014 and projects increases in interest rates in colones and dollars.
From a Communiqué from the Central Bank of Costa Rica:
The Board of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, in Article 4 of the 5633-2014 session of January 29, 2014 approved the 2014-15 macroeconomic program.
This program is intended to inform the public on the performance of key macroeconomic variables during 2013, as well as the goals, policy measures, assumptions and projections for the next two years, consistent with the priorities and subsidiaries assigned in Article 2 of the Organic Law (Law 7558).