During February in the country the CPI reported -0.3% year-on-year variation, which is partly explained by the behavior of the prices of the transport category.
The groups that showed decreases in the National Urban CPI for February compared to January 2020 were: Transportation with 1.3%, Food and non-alcoholic beverages with 0.8%, Recreation and culture with 0.4%, Communications with 0.3%, Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, clothing and footwear, and Health all with 0.1%, reported the General Comptroller of the Republic.
The variation in the price of some foods of agricultural origin, transport and health, determined the 4.08% year-on-year increase in the CPI reported in December last year.
In December 2019, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a 0.42% variation (0.19% in December 2018), reflecting the price increase in some foods of agricultural origin, transport and health.
After the Consumer Price Index reported a 2.03% year-on-year variation at the end of 2018, in December 2019 the inflationary rhythm dropped to 1.52%.
The groups with greater contribution to the variation of the CPI in December 2019 were: Food and non-alcoholic beverages and Transportation, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).
During December 2019, the CPI registered a 3.4% variation with respect to the same month of the previous year, an inflationary rhythm higher than the 2.3% reported at the end of 2018.
The most important inflation levels of December 2019 are the following: a monthly inflation of 0.60% was registered, an inflationary rhythm of 3.41% and an accumulated inflation of 3.41%, informed the National Statistics Institute (INE).
In November, a 3.2% year-on-year increase was reported in the Consumer Price Index, above the 2.5% recorded in October 2019.
The consumer price index (CPI) in November recorded a 0.37% variation with regard to October 2019. Accumulated inflation for the January-November 2019 period reached 3.45%, while annualized inflation, measured from November 2018 to November 2019, stood at 3.23%, informed the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.
In Costa Rica, the inflationary rhythm slowed for the fourth consecutive month, as in November the CPI reported a year-on-year variation of 1.86%, below the 2.07% reported in October.
During November, the goods and services that showed the greatest positive effect were: onion, gasoline and tourist packages. On the other hand, automobiles, papaya and tomatoes were among the main ones with the greatest negative effect, informed the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
In October, the Consumer Price Index rose 2.5% year-on-year, up from 2% in September 2019.
The consumer price index (CPI) in October 2019 registered a 0.67% variation with respect to the month of September, placing accumulated inflation from January to October at 3.06%, explains a report by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.
The inflationary rhythm slowed for the third consecutive month, as in October the CPI reported a 2.07% year-on-year variation, below the 2.53% reported in September.
The groups with the greatest contribution to the variation of the CPI in October are: Transport, and Food and non-alcoholic beverages. Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumption basket, 49% increase in price, 40% decreased in price and 11% showed no variation, informed the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
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).
In September, the Consumer Price Index reported a 2.5% year-on-year variation, down from 2.9% in August.
Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumption basket, 50% increase in price, 39% decreased in price and 11% showed no variation, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
The official report explains that "... During September, the goods and services showing the greatest negative effect are: gasoline, potato and tomato. On the other hand, automobiles, canned tuna and papaya were among the main ones with the greatest positive effect.
In July the Consumer Price Index in El Salvador reported a monthly variation of -0.26%, explained partially by declines in the prices of Food and non-alcoholic beverages.
From the General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses report:
The General Index of Consumer Prices in July 2019 was 112.56, registering a 0.26% decrease, such variation is 0.12 percentage points lower with respect to the previous month.
Between January and July 2019, accumulated inflation of 1.64% is reported, which is partly explained by the positive variation in the prices of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
The consumer price index (CPI) registered a 0.47% variation in July with respect to June 2019, placing the accumulated inflation of the January-July 2019 period at 1.64%. With this result, annualized inflation measured from July 2018 to July 2019 stood at 1.40%, reported the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD).
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages was the expenditure item that most contributed to the 4.7% year-on-year variation reported during the seventh month of the year.
From the Central Bank of Honduras report:
In July 2019, the monthly variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 0.27%, lower than the observed twelve months ago (0.38%); the monthly result is mainly due to the increase in the prices of some foods, personal care items and medicines.
During July in Costa Rica, the Consumer Price Index reported a 2.9% year-on-year variation, a rise that is partly explained by the behavior of food and non-alcoholic beverage prices.
Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumption basket, 61% increased in price, 35% decreased in price and 4% showed no variation, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
Between June and July of this year, the inflationary rhythm in Guatemala decreased from 4.8% to 4.4%, mainly because of the variations in the prices of alcoholic beverages and food.
The most important inflation levels in July 2019 are as follows: -0.06% monthly inflation, 4.37% inflationary rhythm and 3.11% accumulated inflation, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).