During the month of August 2015, the Price Consumer Index (100 in August 2004) amounts to 242.8 against 239.3 in July and shows a monthly increase of + 1.5% (a deceleration in comparison to the monthly change of 2.0% the previous month). The yoy inflation continues to rise, reaching 10.4% in August against 9.3% in July 2015.

The functions that have most contributed to the monthly increase of 1.5% include: "Food, Beverage & Tobacco" (+ 1.8%), "Clothing and fabrics, footwear" (+ 1.6%), "Planning, Equipment and Maintenance housing "(+ 1.6%)" Clothing, Textiles and Footwear "(+ 1.6%)," Rent housing, Energy and Water "(+ 1.0%) and" Other Goods and Services "(+ 2.2%).

The progress of the "Food, Beverage & Tobacco" which represents over 50% of the household budget comes from special prices: millet (+3.1), grain corn (+ 2.8%), ground corn (+ 1.3%) , wheat flour (+3.8%), spaghetti (+ 1.1%), cornflakes (+ 6.4%), bread (+ 1.6%), beef (+ 1.4%), pork (+ 1.9%), goat meat (+ 2.0%), chicken (+ 2.2%), hotdog (+ 1.7%), fresh fish (+ 2.5%), eggs (+ 1.0%), edible oil (+ 1.0%), table margarine (+ 3.8%), cooking margarine (+ 1.7%), lawyer (+ 2.6%), bananas (+ 3.5%), pumpkin (+ 3.0%), kazoo (+ 3.6%), green peas (+ 3.1%), dry peas (+ 4.5%), eggplant (+ 3.6%), cabbage (+ 3.9%), onions (+ 3.9%), carrots (+ 4.1%), tomato (+ 3.8%), yam (+ 3.2%), malanga (+ 3.3%), potatoes (+ 3.9%), potatoes (+ 3.5%), real tree (+ 2.4%), orange (+ 3.4%) and chadèque (+ 2.3%).

The increase in the "Clothing, Textiles and Footwear" function is mainly due to the increase in products such as tissues (+ 2.6%), the costume, universal jacket (+ 2.8%), the trousers for men (+ 1.6% ), the shirt (+ 1.7%), the dress (+ 2.6%), the sheath panties (+ 2.1%), clothing apparel (+ 1.5%), shoes and tennis (+ 1.1%) and sandals (+ 0.9%).

The increase in the index "Rent Housing, Energy and Water" s mainly due to the growth of the rent housing, which grew by + 1.0%.

The upward trend of the "Planning, Equipment and Housing Maintenance" is mainly due to price: of the dining room (+ 0.8%), the bed (+ 1.6%), the mattress (+ 1.4%), curtains (+ 2.4%), the web (+ 1.0%), toilet linen (+ 1.7%), insecticides (+ 4.4%), detergents (+ 3.1%), disinfectant (+ 1.7%) , wages of domestic workers (+ 2.7%), dry cleaning (+ 1.8%) and miscellaneous services (+ 2.6%).

At the origin of the increases of the "Health" function are found the increases in the drug prices (+ 2.1%), corrective lenses for spectacles (+ 2.7%), fees paid to doctors (+ 2.5%) and hospital costs (+ 2.3%) .

As for the increase in the "Other Goods and Services" it is consecutive to the increase mainly of the price : of toilette soap (+ 0.9%), the toothpaste (+ 0.7%), shampoo (+ 1.4%), perfume, toilet water (+ 3.2%), the body cream (+ 1.1%), beauty treatments (+ 2.0%) and shoes cleaning (+ 13.5%).

Situation in figures by function for the whole country (yoy) :

Food, beverages and tobacco : 11.5%

Apparel and textiles, footwear : 15.4%

Rent housing, energy and water : 9.0%

Development and maintenance of housing : 9.4%

Health : 8.5%

Transport : 2.1%

Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 7.1%

Other goods and services : 18.8%

Situation in Figures local products (yoy) :

Food, beverages and tobacco : 14.1%

Apparel and textiles, footwear : 14.3%

Rent housing, energy and water : 8.3%

Development and maintenance of housing : 9.6%

Health : 10.2%

Transport : 1.9%

Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 5.4%

Other goods and services : 5.%

Situation in Figures imported products (yoy) :

Food, beverages and tobacco : 3.4%

Apparel and textiles, footwear : 14.6%

Rent housing, energy and water : 5.2%

Development and maintenance of housing : 19.2%

Health : 1.0%

Transport : -1.2%

Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 21.2%

Other goods and services : 20.9%

General Price Index by Region (Variation on a month) :

Metropolitan area (+ 1.5%)

Rest North (+ 1.4%) (includes the departments of South-East and West)

North (+ 1.4%), (including departments of the North, Northeast and Northwest)

South (+ 1.3%) (including South departments of Grand'Anse and Nippes)

Transversal (+ 1.5%), (including the departments of Centre and Artibonite)

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14892-haiti-economy-the-country-sinks-into-inflation-july-2015.html

HL/ HaïtiLibre