After in January and February of this year the year-on-year variation of the CPI was only 0.7% and 1.2%, respectively, in March the inflationary rhythm in the country increased slightly to 1.5%.
0.65% variation with respect to February, placing accumulated inflation at 0.86% at the end of the first quarter of the year, informed the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD).
After the country's Consumer Price Index rose to 3.3% in February 2019, it increased to 5.1% in March.
The March Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a monthly increase of 1.82% (0.14% in March 2018), mainly because of the rise in prices of some goods and services of the divisions: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (31.37%), Miscellaneous goods and services (3.76%), and Food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.62%), which together contributed 1.176 percentage points to the observed variation, reported the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN).
For the second consecutive month, Transportation was the spending division that explained most of the rise in the Consumer Price Index, reported to March 2019.
The most important inflation levels of March 2019 are the following: monthly inflation of -0.04%, inflationary rhythm of 4.17% and accumulated inflation of 1.44%, informed the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Reported prices for electricity, fuel, some household items and clothing caused much of the monthly change in the CPI recorded in the third month of the year.
From the Central Bank of Honduras report:
In March 2019, the monthly growth of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 0.40%, mainly because of the increase in the prices of electricity supply, fuel, some household items and clothing.
In the third month of the year, the year-on-year variation of the Consumer Price Index was 1.4%, below the increases of 1.7% and 1.5% recorded in January and February 2019.
During March, the goods and services showing the greatest negative effect were: automobiles, airline tickets and eggs. On the other hand, beans, pizza and domestic service were among the main ones with the greatest positive effect, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).
Education and transportation services were the main spending divisions that during the second month of the year caused the variation of the Consumer Price Index in the country.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February showed a 0.27 percent monthly increase (0.22% in February 2018), mainly because of the behavior of prices in some goods and services of the divisions of Education (3.86%), Transportation (1.35%), Furniture and household goods and their conservation (0.67%), which together contributed 0.388 percentage points to the observed variation, explains a report from the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN).
After the year-on-year variation of the CPI was barely 0.7% in January of this year, in February the inflationary rhythm in the country rose slightly to 1.2%.
The consumer price index (CPI) registered a 0.37% variation in February 2019, placing the accumulated inflation of the first two months of the year at 0.20%, informed the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD).
In the second month of the year, the year-on-year change in the Consumer Price Index was 1.5%, below the 2.2% increase recorded in February 2018.
During February, the goods and services with the greatest positive effect were: automobile, primary education and junior high school. On the other hand, gasoline, papaya and tomato were among the main with the greatest negative effect, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).
After the year-on-year variation of the CPI in December 2018 was barely 1.2%, in January of this year the inflationary rhythm in the country dropped to 0.7%.
From the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic report:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) experienced a -0.17% variation in January 2019, locating the year-on-year inflation, measured from January 2018 to January 2019, at 0.71%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.