National poverty rate at 52 percent in 2018, unemployment rate at 11.2 percent in April 2021, economy contracts 8.4 percent in the first quarter 2021, consumer prices up 2.8 percent, and both imports and exports up 58.2 percent and 23.8 percent respectively

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the Consumer Price Index, External Trade, 1st Quarter 2021 Gross Domestic Product, April 2021 Labor Force Survey, and the 2018 Poverty Analysis Main Findings.   Consumer Price Index In May 2021, Belizean households saw the cost of regularly purchased goods and services rise by…