Santo Domingo.- Consumer prices jumped 0.23% in October compared with September, paced by housing 0.57%, transport (0.30%) and foods, beverages and tobacco (0.19%), the Central Bank said on its Web site.
It said the figure places the January-October accumulated inflation at 4.55%, of which 70.11% results from rises on oil and energy prices.
“If the direct influence from these rises is excluded, the accumulated variation of the index would be 1.36%, explained mainly by the abundance of farm products, which has kept the main nutritional items at low price levels,” the Central Bank said.
