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Consumer Price Index - Mar 16
Consumer Price Index - Mar 16
March 2016
INFLATION DECLINES
YEAR-TO-YEAR ANALYSIS
Inflation
Rate
1.0%
The compilation of
SUMMARY STATISTICS
Monthly
processing of several
thousand price
quotations. The
Department of
Statistics wishes to
acknowledge the
cooperation of the
business community
in supplying the
required price data.
Quarterly
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
2015
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
99.1
100.0
99.8
100.7
100.6
100.4
100.7
100.6
100.5
100.5
+1.2
+1.8
+1.2
+2.1
+1.9
+1.4
+1.0
+0.6
+1.4
+1.8
2016
Jan
Feb
Mar
100.3
100.2
100.1
+1.7
+1.3
+1.0
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
2014
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
97.5
98.5
99.1
99.3
+1.8
+2.0
+2.1
+2.2
2015
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
98.9
100.2
100.6
100.5
+1.5
+1.7
+1.5
+1.2
2015
Q1
100.2
+1.3
Period
MONTH-TO-MONTH ANALYSIS
Education, Recreation, Entertainment & Reading
Food
Rent
100
Oct 15 index
100.5 100.6
100
100.6
0.1%
100
Dec 14 index
100
Apr 14 index
100.5 98.7
100
98.7
1.8%
100.4 98.3
100
98.3
2. 1%
2013
WEIGHT
All Items
Food
Rent
Clothing
&
Footwear
1000
115
267
25
Tobacco
&
Liquor
Fuel
&
Power
Household
Goods,
Services &
Supplies
Transport
& Foreign
Travel
Education,
Recreation,
Entertain.
& Reading
Health &
Personal
Care
31
39
116
130
147
130
+2.0
+1.0
+0.5
+0.8
+2.1
+0.6
+1.6
+1.4
+1.7
-1.3
+2.6
+2.7
+2.5
+1.9
+0.9
+7.5
+6.6
+8.3
+6.7
+7.8
+2.7
+2.4
+1.8
+2.0
+1.5
+2.3
+3.5
+3.0
+3.1
+2.7
+1.1
+0.2
-0.3
+0.8
+0.6
+5.7
+4.3
+0.1
+2.0
+1.3
+3.1
+2.5
+4.4
+2.4
+1.2
+11.3
+11.3
+9.3
-1.9
-2.4
-8.9
2014
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
+0.5
+0.4
+0.3
Nil
Nil
+0.3
+0.7
+0.3
-0.9
-0.5
+1.2
-0.2
-0.2
+0.2
+0.7
+0.7
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
-0.7
2015
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Nil
+0.2
+0.2
+1.0
-0.2
+0.8
-0.1
-0.2
+0.3
-0.1
-0.1
Nil
1.3
+0.2
+0.3
Nil
+0.4
+0.1
+0.1
+0.3
-0.1
+0.2
-0.5
-0.2
2016
Jan
Feb
Mar
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
Mar 16
Mar '16
Mar '15
Nil
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
-0.3
Nil
Nil
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+0.5
Nil
Nil
Nil
+0.4
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
-0.1
Nil
+0.1
+0.1
-0.1
+2.1
+1.1
+0.8
+0.7
+1.8
+1.3
+0.8
-2.6
Nil
-9.0
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.5
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
+2.0
-2.4
+2.6
-1.2
-1.4
+1.4
+4.3
+1.0
-7.2
Nil
Nil
+0.2
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
+1.5
-0.1
Nil
-0.1
Nil
+5.3
Nil
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
+1.7
Nil
-0.1
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
+0.2
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+0.5
Nil
Nil
+0.7
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
+0.3
+0.1
+0.1
+0.4
Nil
Nil
Nil
+0.1
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+0.3
-2.5
Nil
+1.3
Nil
-2.6
Nil
+4.0
Nil
Nil
-1.3
-1.3
-2.0
+0.4
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+2.1
Nil
+0.3
Nil
Nil
Nil
-1.7
+1.9
+0.7
+0.4
-1.0
+5.9
-3.6
-1.6
+0.9
-1.2
+0.1
+0.4
Nil
-0.6
-0.1
+0.1
Nil
+0.3
-0.1
-0.2
+0.9
+0.2
Nil
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+6.5
Nil
Nil
Nil
+0.1
-0.1
+0.5
Nil
Nil
+1.2
+0.6
-0.1
-0.1
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.4
+1.1
Nil
-3.7
Nil
-0.8
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
-1.6
-1.4
-0.7
Nil
-0.3
+0.2
Nil
+0.1
Nil
100.1
102.0
100.4
100.8
102.1
92.4
102.6
95.9
101.1
100.6
+1.0
+2.0
+0.6
+1.3
+2.5
-7.6
+2.7
-3.7
+1.2
+7.1
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
A mathematical formula that takes into account the
relative importance of an items price change
compared to the overall change in the sector or CPI.
Inflation
Bermuda
1
United States
2
Canada
3
United Kingdom
2012
2013
2014
2.4
1.7
1.5
3.2
1.8
1.5
0.9
3.0
2.0
0.8
2.0
2.4
Sources:
1. US Bureau of Labour Statistics
2. Statistics Canada
3. UK Office of National Statistics
Base Period
Laspeyres Equation
2015 Mar 16
1.5
0.7
1.1
1.1
+1.0
+0.9
+1.3
+1.6