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Haiti - Economy : Inflation reached a new peak 23/05/2016 11:49:38 The functions that have contributed most to this monthly increase of + 0.8% are mainly: "Food, drinks and tobacco" (+ 0.9%), "Clothing, Textiles and Footwear" (+ 0.8%), "Housing Rent, Energy and Water" (+ 1.4%), "Planning and Housing Maintenance"(+ 0.8%) and "Other Goods and Services" (+ 1.0%). The progress of the "Food, drinks and tobacco" function that represents over 50% of the household budget comes among others of price of ground corn (+ 1.1%), of cornflakes (+ 1.5%), bread (+1.4 %) of goat meat (+ 1.1%), poultry (+ 1.7%), bananas (+ 2.2%), the pumpkin (+ 1.7%), the marker (+ 2.2%), the eggplant (+ 2.3%), cabbage (+ 1.9%), onion (+ 1.1%), carrot (+ 2.0%), tomato (+ 1.2%), tomato paste (+ 1.7%), yams (+ 1.8%), the malanga (+ 1.7%), cassava (+ 2.1%), the potato (+ 1.2%) and potatoes (+ 2.9%), orange (+ 2.2%), the chadèque (+ 1.5%), lemon (+ 2.6%), raw sugar (+ 1.8%) and cocoa powder (+ 5.3%). The increase in the "Clothing, Textiles and Footwear" function is mainly due to the increase in products such as suit, jacket universal (+ 0.8%), the trousers for men (+ 0.6%), dress (+0.8 %) and sandals (+ 1.8%). The increase in the index "Rent Housing, Energy and Water" is essentially due to changes in housing rent (+ 2.5%) and water supply (+ 0.8%). Inflationary pressures of the "Planning and Housing Maintenance" function is consecutive to the price of : living room furniture (+ 0.9%), dining room (+ 1.5%), the bed (+ 1.2%), the mattress (+ 1.4%), refrigerator (+ 1.0%), the wages of domestic workers (+ 1.7%) and miscellaneous services (+ 1.0%). Finally, the increase observed at the "Other Goods and Services" is mainly due to the price of the toilet powder (+ 6.6%), the body cream (+ 2.2%) and toilet paper (+ 4.0%). Situation in figures by function for the whole country (yoy) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 16.4% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 22.8% Rent housing, energy and water : 13.6% Development and maintenance of housing : 15.8% Health : 10.9% Transport : 4.1% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 12.9% Other goods and services : 20.9% Situation in Figures local products (yoy) : : Food, beverages and tobacco : 20.7% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 12.8% Rent housing, energy and water : 12.8% Development and maintenance of housing : 18.3% Health : 12.6% Transport : 4.6% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 8.7% Other goods and services : 8.3% Situation in figures of imported products (YoY) : Food, beverages and tobacco : 8.7% Apparel and textiles, footwear : 25.3% Rent housing, energy and water : -0.7% Development and maintenance of housing : 25.4% Health : 5.9% Transport : 0.7% Leisure, entertainment, education and cultural : 39.0% Other goods and services : 20.0% General Price Index by Region (Variation on a month) : Metropolitan area (+ 0.8%) Rest North (+ 0.7%) (includes the departments of South-East and West) North (+ 1.0%), (including departments of the North, Northeast and Northwest) South (+ 0.9%) (including South departments of Grand'Anse and Nippes) Transversal (+ 0.8%), (including the departments of Centre and Artibonite) See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17232-haiti-economy-always-rising-inflation-is-approaching-15.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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