During the second month of the year, the Consumer Price Index registered a 3.99% year-on-year variation, a rise that was determined in part by the behavior of the prices of education services, hotels and restaurants.
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.
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.
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. With this result, year-on-year inflation continued its deceleration and stood at 4.69%; while the accumulated to July 2019 reached 2.88%.
Between April and May of this year, the inflationary rhythm grew from 4.9% to 5.1%, mainly because of variations in the prices of fuels, some services and certain foods.
The items with the highest contribution to monthly inflation were: "Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels" with 0.09 percentage points (pp); followed by "Transport" and "Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages" with 0.08 pp, each and "Clothing and Footwear" with 0.04 pp (together contributing 80.6% to monthly inflation). Likewise, the groups "Personal Care" and "Furniture and Household Maintenance Items" each contributed less, with 0.02 pp, and "Health", "Recreation and Culture" and "Hotels, Cafeterias and Restaurants" with 0.01 pp, each.
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.
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. With this, year-on-year inflation stood at 4.14% (4.35% in the same month last year), and accumulated inflation at 1.21%, the lowest recorded for the first quarter since 2017.
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 registered a monthly variation of 0.56%, due to the increase in the prices in the divisions of Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels.
The consumer price index registered a slight monthly variation of 0.03%, due to the increase in the prices of housing rent and some personal care items.
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.
The consumer price index registered a monthly variation of 0.10%, due to an increase in the prices of accommodation, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, and transportation.
In February, the consumer price index registered a monthly variation of 0.64%, which is explained by an increase in the prices of education and of food and non-alcoholic beverages.
In July of this year, monthly inflation was 0.30%, similar to that registered twelve months ago (0.31%), a behavior marked by rising prices in some foods of agricultural origin such as beans, rice, some fruits, vegetables and tubers, as well as in personal care products.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
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