In the tenth month of the year, the unit of the polarized box outlet in Panama grew 8% over October 2018, and the foot of stranded electric cable No. 12 decreased 6%.
From the report of the General Comptroller of the Republic:
In Costa Rica, in the tenth month of the year, the price indexes for buildings and social housing registered year on year variations of 1.62% and 1.07%, respectively.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Census statement:
After falling from 4.4% to 1.8% between July and September 2019, during October the price growth rate was 2.2%.
Out of the twelve spending divisions that make up the Consumer Price Index (CPI), food (1.62%), transportation (0.79%), recreation (0.45%), reflect the rise in the general price level of inflation to October 2019, reported the National Statistics Institute.
During October 2019, the CPI registered a 4.1% variation with respect to the same month in 2018, an inflation rate that is lower than the 4.4% reported in September.
In October 2019, monthly inflation -measured through the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)- was 0.24%, lower than the registered in October 2018 (0.56%). The monthly result is mainly the result of the increase in the price of some food products and fuel, informed the Central Bank of Honduras.
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.
In the tenth month of the year, the FAO food price index rose 6% from October 2018, explained by rising prices of sugar, meat, dairy products and vegetable oils.
From FAO's monthly report:
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 172.7 points in October 2019, up 1.7 percent (3 points) from September and 6.0 percent higher than in the corresponding period last year. The increase in October marked the first significant month-on-month rise in the value of the Index since May 2019, as surges in the prices of sugar, cereals and, to a lesser extent, meat and vegetable oils, more than offset a small decline in the value of the dairy sub-index.
Price per gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.86, Nicaragua $3.53, Honduras $3.41, El Salvador $3.06, Guatemala $3.05 and Panama $2.83.
From the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The current reference prices are low for gasoline and diesel nationally, this responds to the latest weekly report of oil reserves provided by the IEA, which reported a 5.07-million-barrel increase, well above the forecast of experts who predicted a superficial growth of just 500 thousand barrels per week. This generates continuity of raw material for petroleum products, even though gasoline reserves decreased 3.04 million barrels and diesel 1.03 million barrels per week.
From 1 November, EEGSA users will have a 0.4% increase in their tariff compared to the price for the third quarter of the year, and for DEOCSA and DEORSA users the increase will be 2.2% and 2%, respectively.
The tariff adjustment approved by the National Electric Energy Commission (CNEE), will be paid by users from November 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020, requires an official report.
In the first nine months of the year in Guatemala, the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, fell 8%, and the price of structural galvanized steel sheet, stamped, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.
Price per gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.88, Nicaragua $3.53, Honduras $3.44, El Salvador $3.08, Guatemala $3.04 and Panama $2.83.
From the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador statement:
The current reference prices present combined variation for gasoline and downward variations for diesel; this trend responds to a first partial agreement between the largest producer (United States) and the largest consumer (China) of oil and oil products worldwide. Last October 11, the tariff increase was suppressed that was maintained for a value of US$250,000 million and were scheduled to rise from 25% to 30% to several Chinese products, which generated an expectation of increased demand among investors and producers in the hydrocarbon market.
In the ninth month of the year, the polarized box outlet unit in Panama grew 12% from September 2018, and the stranded No. 12 power cable foot decreased 6%.
In September, the Consumer Price Index increased 2% year-on-year, up from 1.7% in August 2019.
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) registered a 0.38 % variation in September 2019 with respect to August, so that accumulated inflation in the January-September period stood at 2.38%.
In the ninth month of the year, the price indexes for buildings and social housing recorded year-on-year variations of 0.60% and -0.43%, respectively.
From the National Statistics and Census Institute statement:
The price indexes for construction base February 2012 are a set of twenty statistical indicators, which measure the variation in the prices of materials used in the construction of different types of works. They are composed of the building price index, the housing price index of social interest, and a group of eighteen indices of prices of special inputs and services.
During the ninth month of the year, the CPI registered a 4.4% variation with respect to September 2018, being health services and housing rentals, the items that registered the most important increases.
In September 2019, monthly inflation -measured through the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)- was 0.15%. The Central Bank of Honduras reported that the above is explained by the increase in the prices of rental housing and some services for its maintenance, medicines and health services, counteracted by the reduction in the prices of fuels and some food products.
Price per gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.86, Nicaragua $3.62, Honduras $3.45, El Salvador $3.11, Guatemala $3.14 and Panama $2.89.
From the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador statement:
The current reference prices present their second consecutive increase in the prices of gasoline and diesel. This rise is because of the caution that exists due to the resumption of negotiations between the United States and China, scheduled for October 11 and 12, which generates uncertainty between investors and producers, as it is an agreement between the largest producer and the largest consumer of oil and oil products worldwide.
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