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Haiti - Economy : Monthly inflation still rising 06/10/2017 10:33:42 The monthly rise in inflation is mainly due to the behavior of consumption functions: "Food, Beverages and Tobacco" (+ 1.1%), "Clothing, fabrics, footwear" %) and "Leisure, Entertainment, Teaching and Culture" (+ 1.5%). The positive change in the food, beverages and tobacco index, which accounts for more than 50% of the household budget, is due in part to an increase in millet (+ 3.6%), corn flakes (+ 2.1%), beef (+ 2.2%), pork (+ 2.7%), cabri meat (+ 2.5%), chicken (+ 1.4%), fresh fish (+ 2.6%), coconut (+ 2.5%), banana (1.7%), giraumon (+ 1.5%), green pea (+ 1.0%), leek (+ 1.2%), eggplant 1.6%), cabbage (+ 1.4%), onion (+ 1.7%), carrot (+ 2.2%), tomato (+ 2.2%), yam potato (+ 2.4%), orange (+ 1.3%), papaya (+ 1.7%) and lemon (+ 2.4%). The increase in the Clothing, Fabrics and Shoes index is particularly linked to prices: fabric (+ 2.2%), shirt (+ 1.2%), trousers (+ 1.6%), clothing (+ 1.8%) and shoes and tennis (+ 1.1%). The increase in the Health Index was mainly due to higher fees paid to physicians (+ 1.1%) and laboratory and radiography analyzes (+ 1.3%). Lastly, the upward trend observed in the "Leisure, Entertainment, Teaching and Culture" index is mainly due to the increase in the prices of school books (+ 6.2%) and the school bag (+6.8 %). Situation in figures by function for the whole country (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 15.2% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 20.7% Rent housing, energy and water : 21.1% Development and maintenance of housing : 12.6% Health : 12.7% Transport : 7.3% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 15.1% Other goods and services : 16.2% Situation in Figures local products (yoy) : : Food, beverages and tobacco : 16.1% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 11.3% Rent housing, energy and water : 22.6% Development and maintenance of housing : 19.7% Health : 14.2% Transport : 6.9% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 14.8% Other goods and services : 3.1% Situation in figures of imported products (YoY) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 10.3% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 20.5% Rent housing, energy and water : 18.1% Development and maintenance of housing : 20.8% Health : 4.6% Transport : 13.8% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 16.7% Other goods and services : 14.5% General Price Index by Region (Variation on a month) : Metropolitan area (+ 0.9%) Rest North (+ 0.8%) (includes the departments of South-East and West) North (+ 0.9%), (including departments of the North, Northeast and Northwest) South (+ 1.1%) (including South departments of Grand'Anse and Nippes) Transversal (+ 1.1%), (including the departments of Centre and Artibonite) See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21949-haiti-economy-slight-slowdown-in-inflation-in-july.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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