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

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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…

Consumer prices increase 2.5 percent, imports up 48.4 percent and domestic exports down 5.9 percent in April 2021

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Consumer Price Index For the month of April 2021, the All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 103, an increase from the 100.5 recorded for April 2020. This reflected a national inflation rate of 2.5 percent for the month and indicated that, on average, prices for items comprising the basket of goods and services commonly…

Consumer prices increase 1.5 percent, imports up 0.4 percent and domestic exports up 19.7 percent in March 2021

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Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of March 2021, the All-Items CPI, which summarizes all categories of goods and services, stood at 102, up from 100.5 in March 2020. The country experienced an overall national inflation rate of 1.5 percent, reflecting the fact…

Belizean businesses report significant impacts caused by COVID-19 in November 2020; consumer prices increase 1.3 percent, imports down 7.1 percent and domestic exports up 58.2 percent in February 2021

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Business Establishment Survey In November 2020, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) carried out the Impact of COVID-19 on Business Establishments Survey. This survey was conducted on a sample of approximately 2,500 randomly selected businesses across the country and across all main industry groups, to collect data on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic…

Economy contracts 13.1 percent in the fourth quarter, consumer prices up 1 percent in January 2021, imports down 18 percent and domestic exports up 1.1 percent in January 2021.

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Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and 4th quarter 2020 gross domestic product.   Consumer Price Index The most recent figures from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey show that, for the first month of the year in 2021,…

Consumer prices rise 0.4 percent, imports down 10.2 percent and domestic exports down 18.2 percent in December 2020

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Consumer Price Index Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of December 2020, the All-Items CPI stood at 100.7, an overall increase of 0.4 percent from 100.4 in December 2019. This indicates that, on average, prices for items comprising the basket of goods and…