Consumer Price Index up 0.2%, imports down 38.4% and domestic exports up 41.1% in June 2020

Consumer Price Index The Statistical Institute of Belize’s latest figures on consumer prices showed that, for the month of June 2020, the national inflation rate stood at 0.2 percent. The All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased marginally from 105.1 in June 2019 to 105.3 in June 2020. This minimal overall change in comparison to June…

Consumer prices down 0.1%, both imports and domestic exports down 0.6% and 7% respectively

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for September 2019 stood at 105.3, a decrease of 0.1 percent from 105.4 in September 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent lower than they…

One Week Workshop on Statistical Business Registers Completed

On October 21, 2019, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in partnership with Statistics Canada, launched a one-week training workshop on Statistical Business Registers at the SIB’s headquarters in Belmopan. Financial and technical assistance for this training was provided through the Government of Canada’s Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC)…

Economy grows by 1.3% in the fourth quarter 2018; consumer prices up 0.1%, imports and exports up in February 2019.

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for February 2019 stood at 104.6, an increase of 0.1 percent from 104.5 in February 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent higher than they…

Consumer prices down by 0.1%, imports down 8.6%, and domestic exports up 41.7%, in December 2018

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for December 2018 stood at 105.0, a decrease of 0.1 percent from 105.1 in December 2017. On average, during this month in 2018, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent lower than they…

Consumer prices down slightly by 0.02%, imports up 7.2%, and domestic exports up 26.2%, in November 2018

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for November 2018 stood at 105.13, a decrease of 0.02 percent from 105.15 in November 2017. On average, during this month in 2018, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.02 percent lower than they…