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Haiti - Economy : Strong rise in inflation in February 21/03/2016 10:33:38
Note that due to the weakness of our currency against the US dollar, the price increase has been much more pronounced in imported products (+ 1.4%) than local products (+ 1.1% ). The functions that have contributed most to this monthly increase of 1.3% are mainly: "Food, drinks and tobacco" (+ 1.2%), "Clothing, Textiles and Footwear" (+ 2.1%), "Housing Rent, Energy and water '(+ 1.3%), "Planning and Housing Maintenance" (+ 1.6%) and "Other Goods and Services" (+ 1.4%). The progress of the function "Food, drinks and tobacco" which represents over 50% of the household budget comes from among others the rice prices (+ 1.3%), millet (+ 1.3%), ground corn (+1, 2%) and wheat flour (1.4%), poultry (+ 1.3%), avocado (+ 1.9%), bananas (+ 2.4%), the giraumont (+ 1.6%), the marker (+ 2.9%), dry peas (+ 1.0%), cabbage (+ 2.5%), tomatoes (+ 1.5%), tomato pulp (+ 1.6%), yams (+ 2.0%), the malanga (+ 1.6%), cassava (+ 2.4%), the potato (+2, 4%), of potatoes (+ 2.8%), orange (+ 2.8%), the chadèque (+ 1.7%), lemon (+ 2.4%), raw sugar (+ 3.4%) and refined sugar (+ 1.3%). The increase in the "Clothing, Textiles and Footwear" function is mainly due to the increase in products such as tissues (+ 2.8%), suit, jacket Universal (+ 2.2%), trousers for men (+ 1.7% ), dress (+ 4.6%), and tennis shoes (+ 2.0%) and sandals (+ 1.8%). The increase in the function "Rent Housing, Energy and Water" of + 0.9% is mainly due to changes in housing rent (+ 2.2%) and water supply (+ 1.1%). The increase at the "Development and Housing Maintenance" function is mainly due to lounge furniture (+ 2.2%), dining room (+ 3.2%), bed (+ 3.2%), mattresses (+ 3.9%), bed linen (+ 2.5%), curtains (+ 2.7%), refrigerator (+ 2.8%) and disinfectant (+ 6.6%). Finally, products that contributed most to the increase in the "Other Goods and Services" are: toothpaste (+ 2.4%), shampoo (+ 3.4%), toilet powder (+5 , 4%) and body cream (+ 5.4%). Situation in figures by function for the whole country (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 16.1% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 21.7% Rent housing, energy and water : 11.2% Development and maintenance of housing : 14.9% Health : 10.9% Transport : 3.7% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 12.7% Other goods and services : 20.5% Situation in Figures local products (yoy) : : Food, beverages and tobacco : 19.9% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 13.6% Rent housing, energy and water : 10.6% Development and maintenance of housing : 15.9% Health : 12.9% Transport : 3.9% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 8.7% Other goods and services : 8.2% Situation in figures of imported products (YoY) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 6.9% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 23.7% Rent housing, energy and water : 0.2% Development and maintenance of housing : 25.3% Health : 5.0% Transport : 0.5% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 38.3% Other goods and services : 20.3% General Price Index by Region (Variation on a month) : Metropolitan area (+ 1.2%) Rest North (+ 1.2%) (includes the departments of South-East and West) North (+ 1.3%), (including departments of the North, Northeast and Northwest) South (+ 1.5%) (including South departments of Grand'Anse and Nippes) Transversal (+ 1.3%), (including the departments of Centre and Artibonite) See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16671-haiti-economy-inflation-continues-to-accelerate-exceeding-13.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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