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THE STATISTICAL OFFICE CENTRAL PLANNING DIVISION MINISTRY OF FINANCE & PLANNING ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Tel: 784 457 2921, 456 1111 Ext 592/377, Fax: 784 456 2430, Email: svg.stats@mail.gov.vc Website: http://www.stats.gov.vc Vol.

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12 December 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Analysis – December 2012 prices End of Year Review 2012 Table No.

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1 3 Average Retail Price of Selected Items 6 Average Retail Price of Selected Items December 2011 compared With December 2012 7 The Consumer Price Index by main groups 11 The Consumer Price Index contribution to change by Groups 13 Monthly Items by Group Monthly All Item Index Monthly Rate of Inflation Accumulated Inflation Point-to-Point Inflation Rate Average Annual Retail Price 19 i Chart No.
1 COICOP Percentage Change for the Month of December 2012 12 2 Monthly All Items Index Monthly Rate of Inflation Accumulated Inflation 3 4 5 15 16 17 Point-to-Point Inflation Rate 18 * * * ii DECEMBER 2012 The Consumer Price Index remained unchanged for the month of December 2012.

The “All Items” index stood at 107.2 in the month of December 2012, compared to the 107.2 for the month of November 2012.

The “point-to-point” inflation rate was recorded as 1.0 percent.
Two (2) groups recorded an increase during the month: “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” (0.5 percent), and “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics” (0.3 percent).

One (1) group recorded a decrease during the month: “Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels” (0.2 percent).
Nine (9) groups remained unchanged: “Clothing and Footwear”, “Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance”, “Communication”, “Health”, “Transport”, “Recreation & Culture”, “Education”, “Miscellaneous Goods & Services” and “Restaurants and Hotels”.
The group index “Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages” showed an increase of 0.5 percent due to increase in the price of several items namely; fresh fish - jacks (25.0 percent), instant yeast (11.3 percent), eddoes (10.9 percent) , celery (7.5 percent), powdered chocolate (7.1 percent) , cucumber (4.9 percent), eggs (4.2 percent) and baking powder (3.6 percent).
Similarly the “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics” group index recorded an increase of 0.3 percent as a result of higher prices in several items such as white wine (2.5 percent), red rum – imported (1.9 percent) and beer - imported (1.4 percent).

1 The group index for “Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels” registered a 0.3 percent downward movement for the month of December 2012.
This movement was on account of a decline in the fuel surcharge rate for the month of December 2012, which was 49.3 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to 50.6 cents per kilowatt hour for the month of November 2012.

2 REVIEW OF 2012 An analysis of the Consumer Price Index for the year 2012 indicates that the annual average “point- to-point” inflation rate was 2.6 percent compared to 3.2 percent for 2011.

The accumulated inflation rate for 2012 was recorded at 1.0 percent compared to 4.7 percent for 2011.
The “All Items” index moved from 106.1 in January 2012 to 107.2 in December 2012.

Further analysis of the index revealed that the monthly “All Items” indices were higher for all the months of 2012 compared to 2011 (See chart 2).

The monthly inflation fluctuated throughout 2012 with the lowest recorded as negative 0.7 percent for the month of September and the highest as 0.7 percent for the month of July (See chart 3).
In addition, the ‘point-to-point” inflation rates trended downward throughout the year, with the first half of the year showing higher rates compared to the first half of 2011, while in contrast in the second half of the year the inflation rates were lower than in 2011.

The highest inflation rate for the period under review was recorded at 4.3 percent for the month of January and the lowest at 0.9 percent for both the months of September and October of 2012.
During the year, ten (10) groups recorded increases, one (1) group decreased; while one (1) group remained unchanged.
The groups that recorded increases were “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics” (5.5 percent), “Clothing & Footwear” (2.7 percent), “Health” (2.6 percent), “Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels” (1.1 percent), “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” (1.1 percent), “Education” (1.0 percent) , “Transport” (0.6 percent), “Restaurants & Hotels” (0.5 percent),“Recreation & Culture” (0.3 percent),“Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance” (0.2 percent).
The group “Miscellaneous Goods & Services registered a decline of (0.2 percent) and the group “Communication” remained unchanged.

The 5.5 percent increase in “Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics” resulted from higher prices for cigarettes (20.9 percent), whiskey – black (6.3 percent), rum – local (5.7 percent), black wine (4.9 percent), white rum (4.1 percent) and local beer (1.2 percent).
3 The 2.7 percent increase in the group index “Clothing & Footwear” was attributed to higher prices for items such as; men’s trousers (59.5 percent), men’s briefs (58.3 percent), women’s sleepwear (42.3 percent), women’s blouse (30.7 percent), ladies handbags (23.0 percent), boy’s dress shoes (20.0 percent), school blouse (18.6 percent), ladies casual dresses (14.6 percent) and men’s dress shoes (13.1 percent).
The main contributors to the 2.6 percent increase in the group index “Health” were higher prices for laboratory chest X-ray (5.0 percent), dental services - tooth filling (4.0 percent) and diabetes drugs (0.5 percent).
The 1.1 percent upward movement in the group “Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels”, was influenced mostly by increases in the price for a number of items such as; basic water charge (20.0 percent), water consumption (15.2 percent), building cement (11.2 percent), cooking gas (9.8 percent), kerosene oil (9.0 percent), electricity (6.2 percent) and galvanize sheets (6.0 percent).
Correspondingly, the group index “Food & Non – Alcoholic Beverages” rose by 1.1 percent over the twelve months of 2012, owing to rising prices for several items such as; fresh fish – jacks (34.4 percent), fresh fish - balahoo (25.0 percent), bread – small pan loaf (23.2 percent), pig feet - frozen (20.3 percent), green pigeon peas (18.1 percent), mutton (12.1 percent) , evaporated milk (11.2 percent), corned beef (10.0 percent), chicken – leg quarters (9.8 percent), loose flour (9.6 percent), pasta (9.5 percent), tomato ketchup (8.8 percent), sugar – brown (8.5 percent), sugar - white (8.5 percent), salted crackers (7.2 percent), powdered milk- skimmed (5.8 percent), powdered chocolate (5.1 percent), and carbonated soft drinks (4.8 percent).
The 1.0 percent increase in the “Education” group index was influenced by a 4.4 percent rise in the cost of university tuition fees.
Meanwhile, the index for the group “Transport” recorded an increase of 0.6 percent for the year under review, as a result of increases in the price of new car tyres (21.6 percent), new truck tyres (18.5 percent), mini bus fares (10.8 percent), engine oil (16.8 percent), brake shoes (11.4 percent), 4 diesel (9.2 percent), passenger transport by sea (5.8 percent), petrol (5.5 percent) and new motor cars (4.8 percent).
The group index “Restaurants & Hotels” registered an increase of 0.5 percent, attributed by increases in the subgroup “Restaurants” which recorded increases in prices of mutton lunch (7.4 percent), chicken lunch (3.2 percent), fish lunch (1.8 percent) and school meals – bread & chicken (1.4 percent).

The subgroup “Hotels” increased due to a rise in university accommodation fees (16.0 percent).
Increases in the price of lead pencils (49.1 percent), outdoor plant food (42.6 percent), exercise books (29.3 percent), desktop computers (8.1 percent), canned dog food (8.0 percent), cat food (5.9 percent) and English textbook (7.5 percent) accounted for the 0.3 percent upward movement in the “Recreation & Culture” group index.
“Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance” group index recorded a marginal increase of 0.2 percent, due mainly to higher prices for an electric fan (19.8 percent), washing machine (14.4 percent), electric bulbs (13.3 percent), disinfectant (8.0 percent), bleach (3.4 percent), refrigerator (2.6 percent), alkaline batteries (2.5 percent), and candles (2.3 percent).
The 0.2 percent decline in the group index “Miscellaneous Goods & Services”, during the period 2012 was accounted for by a fall in the price of a number of items such as; a body lotion (11.3 percent), hair extensions (7.1 percent), mouthwash (4.6 percent), comprehensive car insurance (3.8 percent), gold chain (1.7 percent), gold earrings (1.1 percent) and health insurance – family (0.2 percent).
5 TABLE 1 AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SELECTED ITEMS AVERAGE PRICE EC$ IN CHANGE PERCENTAGE ITEM INCREASED Fish - Fresh (Jacks) Chicken - Whole Legs Chicken - backs Corned Beef Smoked Herring Eggs Cooking Margarine Powdered Chocolate Carbonated Soft Drink Vitamalt Orange Juice Instant Yeast Celery Eddoes Cucumber Garlic Baking Powder Mayonnaise Tomato Ketchup Rum Imported - (Red) White Wine Black Wine Whiskey - black Beer - Imported Kerosene Oil Paint - Emulsion Petrol - Unleaded Diesel UNIT OF QUANTITY Lb Lb Lb 340g Tin Lb 1 Doz 445g Tub 200g Tin 600ml Bottle 300ml Bottle 10oz Tin 500g Pkt Lb Lb Lb Per Head 227g Pkt 16oz Bottle 24oz Bottle 750ml Bottle 750ml Bottle 750ml Bottle 750ml Bottle 250ml Bottle 1 Gal.
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DECEMBER NOVEMBER PRICE 2012 MARCH DECREASED Sugar - White Grape Juice Electricity Consumption Charge Nails - Wall Passenger Airfare from St Vincent to : Trinidad & Tobago New York Toronto Outdoor Plant Food Mouthwash Perfume Alkaline Batteries - 2pk Lb 46oz Bottle 140KWH Lb One way One way One way 567g Bottle 1 litre Bottle 35ml Bottle Each 6 2.16 18.85 139.06 6.02 373.28 2188.30 3234.70 28.60 11.54 34.89 5.70 2.18 23.28 140.84 6.16 435.65 2536.50 3665.30 30.21 11.80 36.41 6.30 -0.02 -4.43 -1.78 -0.14 -62.37 -348.20 -430.60 -1.61 -0.26 -1.52 -0.60 CHANGE IN PRICE 25.00 1.15 1.83 0.74 1.99 4.20 0.63 7.06 3.18 2.10 3.43 11.34 7.48 10.89 4.87 30.77 3.62 3.28 4.83 1.90 2.48 1.51 0.64 1.36 2.92 2.18 3.13 4.24 -0.92 -19.03 -1.26 -2.27 -14.32 -13.73 -11.75 -5.33 -2.20 -4.17 -9.52 TABLE 2 AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SELECTED ITEMS DECEMBER 2012 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 2011 TABLE 2 ITEMS UNIT OF AVERAGE EC$ QUANTITY DECEMBER DECEMBER 2012 2011 CHANGE PERCENTAGE IN PRICE CHANGE IN PRICE FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Beef - Fresh Chicken - Whole Chicken - Leg Quarters Chicken - Backs Chicken - Wings Turkey Wings Fish - Fresh (Deep Sea) Fish - Fresh (Jacks) Fish - Fresh (Robins) Chicken Franks Luncheon Meat (pork) Codfish Cornflakes Pasta - Elbows Milk - Evaporated Milk - Condensed Bread- Small Loaf, white Bread - Large Sliced Pan Loaf (white) Eggs Orange Juice Sugar - Brown ( loose) Sugar - White ( loose) Flour - Loose Flour - Packaged ( white) Flour - Packaged ( wholewheat) Rice - Loose Rice - Package Bananas Breadfruit Eddoes Dasheens Sweet Potatoes Oranges Tomatoes Cooking Margarine
 Vegetable Oil Powdered Chocolate Hairoun Fruit Cocktail ( not cold) Vitamalt Lb.
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340 g Pk 340 g Lb.

12 oz 340 g 410g Tin 397g Tin 5 Pk Each Doz 19 oz Tin Lb.

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445g Tub 1 Litre 300g Pk 280 ml Bottle 310 ml Bottle -0.20 0.13 -0.02 0.18 -0.61 0.00 1.00 -1.00 0.22 0.32 1.05 0.13 0.21 0.21 0.00 -0.05 0.04 -0.36 0.09 0.13 -0.05 0.13 0.08 0.47 -0.01 -0.05 0.06 0.26 -0.08 -0.36 -0.24 0.16 0.50 0.58 0.65 0.40 -0.01 0.75 0.00 -3.16 4.41 -1.18 3.77 -16.09 0.00 25.00 -20.00 4.34 4.32 7.81 1.08 5.16 6.80 0.00 -2.45 0.95 -3.98 1.29 9.22 -2.26 10.08 1.20 6.79 -0.56 -0.54 5.26 13.13 -3.45 -15.72 -10.86 27.59 9.71 7.84 6.34 4.27 -0.44 14.73 TABLE 2 Cont'd AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SELECTED ITEMS DECEMBER 2012 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 2011 ITEMS UNIT OF AVERAGE PRICE EC$ QUANTITY DECEMBER DECEMBER 2012 2011 CHANGE PERCENTAGE IN PRICE CHANGE IN PRICE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO & NARCOTICS Rum - Local (White) Beer - Local Cigarettes Table wine ( local ) 750 ml Bot.
280ml Bottle Pkt.

(10) 26 oz Bottle CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Textile material - Terelyne Textile material - Linen Men's Shirts - Long Sleeve Men's Jeans ( long) - size 30 Men's Shoes -Formal Women's Shoes - Formal Women's 2Pc Skirtsuit ( polyester) large Women's Blouse ( cotton/Spandex) Yd.

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Each Each Pair Pair Each Each HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY GAS AND OTHER FUELS Rent : Unfurnished House -2 Bedroom Unfurnished House -3 Bedroom Furnished Apartment- 2 Bedroom Cement - Portland ( grey) Galvanise Sheets 10 ft. Oil Paint Lumber -Dressed Treated Yellow Pine (1x12x12) Water - Consumption Charge Kerosene Charcoal Cooking Gas Electricity Consumption Charge 1Month 1Month 1Month 94 Lbs 1 Length 1 Gal.

1 Length 5000 Gals.

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1 Sack 20 Lb.

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140 KWH FURNISHING, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE Bed - Cherry 54"x75" Double size sheets - coloured/cotton Frying Pan - 12" - non-stick Laundry Soap Electrical Bulb - 60W Each Each Each Each Each 1,162.50 88.80 52.76 1.14 5.26 1,150.00 88.76 52.76 1.19 4.97 1.66 0.57 0.82 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.63 10.00 0.00 0.00 8.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.79 5.82 13.00 -0.01 5.00 0.79 0.00 0.00 1.12 12.50 0.04 0.00 -0.05 0.29 6.18 14.07 30.94 2.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.73 14.30 0.00 0.00 54.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.78 7.22 13.40 -0.01 15.38 6.27 0.00 0.00 0.81 1.09 0.05 0.00 -4.20 5.84 8 TABLE 2 Cont'd AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SELECTED ITEMS DECEMBER 2012 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 2011 ITEMS UNIT OF AVERAGE PRICE EC$ QUANTITY DECEMBER DECEMBER 2012 2011 CHANGE PERCENTAGE IN PRICE CHANGE IN PRICE HEALTH Doctor's Fee - Gynaecologist Eye Care Hospitalisation (Private Ward) Drug for Hypertension Drug for Diabetes Cough, Cold Preparation Dental Care Chest X- ray 1 Visit 1 Test 1 Day 1 Mth supply 1 Mth supply 125 ml.
1 Visit 1 Test TRANSPORT Petrol - Unleaded Vehicle License (car) - not exd.

2000 lbs Bus Fare - Mesopotamia Boat Fare - Bequia 1 Gal.
1 Year One Way One Way COMMUNICATION Telephone Service - rental of line- domestic Telephone - Consumption Charge Internet Charge Fixed Line Domestic Rate - peak Mobile to Mobile - domestic 1 Month 226 Units 1 Month 1 Minute 1 Minute RECREATION AND CULTURE Television 26 " Flat panel Cable TV Basic Charge Laptop Computer -13.3 " screen 2 GB Desktop Computer - 14" Monitor 3 GB Car Remote Control Dog Food (Canned) Dance Admission to Night Club Carnival costume and Band Fees (Adult) Each 1 Month Each Each Each 374 g Tin Per Person Each -58.45 0.19 0.00 -50.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59 11.76 10.00 5.53 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -18.95 6.46 0.00 -16.67 9 TABLE 2 Cont'd AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SELECTED ITEMS DECEMBER 2012 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 2011 ITEMS UNIT OF AVERAGE PRICE EC$ QUANTITY DECEMBER DECEMBER 2012 2011 CHANGE PERCENTAGE IN PRICE CHANGE IN PRICE EDUCATION Pre-Primary - Private Primary School Fee - Private Secondary School Fee - Private Newspaper - Local Exercise Book - Primary - 24 leaves Lead Pencils Mathematics Textbook - From 4 Tuition for local evening classes RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Chicken Lunch - regular Fish Lunch - regular Fast Food - 2 Pc Chicken and Fries MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES Toilet Soap Toothpaste Men's Haircut Women's Hairdressing ( Relaxer ) Disposable Diapers ( medium ) Health Insurance - Group (family) Legal Expenses (Affidavit) 1 Month 1 Term 1 Term Each Each Each Each 1 Subject Each Each Each 125g 130g Tube 1 Visit 1 Visit 10 per Pk.
≥3 Ppersons Fee -6.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.67 67.27 -8.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 1.81 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 10 TABLE 3 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BY MAIN GROUPS JANUARY 2010 = 100 GROUP WEIGHT NOVEMBER DECEMBER DECEMBER PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS: 2012 2012 2011 MONTH YEAR NOVEMBER DECEMBER 01.
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 21.91 109.9 110.4 109.2 0.5 02.

Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics 3.87 106.0 106.3 100.8 0.3 03.

Clothing and Footwear 3.22 105.2 105.2 102.4 0.0 04.

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels 30.06 104.8 104.6 103.4 -0.2 05.

Furnishings, Household Equipment and Household Maintenance 06.

Health 07.

Transport 6.59 99.4 99.4 1.79 100.4 100.4 99.2 98.2 11.84 122.4 122.4 121.7 08.

Communication 9.41 104.0 104.0 104.0 09.


Recreation and Culture 3.81 102.4 102.4 102.0 10.

Education 1.32 109.6 109.6 108.6 11.

Restaurants and Hotels 1.87 103.2 103.2 102.8 12.
Miscellaneous Goods and Services 4.31 100.5 100.5 100.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 5.5 2.7 1.2 0.2 2.2 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.9 0.4 -0.1 ALL ITEMS 100.00 107.2 107.2 106.1 0.0 1.0 11 Chart 1: COICOP Groups Percentage Change for December 2012 t n e c r e P % 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 s e g a r e v e B c i l o h o c l A - n o N d n a d o o F s c i t o c r a N & o c c a b o T , , y t i c i r t c e l E , r e t a W , , s g n h s i n r u F COICOP Groups 12 s e c i v r e S d n a s d o o G s u o e n a l l e c s i M TABLE 4 THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BY MAIN GROUPS JANUARY 2010 = 100 CONTRIBUTION TO CHANGE GROUP WEIGHT NOVEMBER DECEMBER Percentage NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2012 2012 Change 2012 2012 Cost Weight to Change % Cost Weight Change in Contribution 1.
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 21.91 109.9 110.4 2.

Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco & Narcotics 3.87 106.0 106.3 3.

Clothing and Footwear 3.22 4.

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other 30.06 Fuels 105.2 104.8 105.2 104.6 5.

Furnishings, Household Equipment and 6.59 99.4 99.4 Household Maintenance 6.

Health 7.

Transport 8.

Communication 9.

Recreation and Culture 10.

Education 11.

Restaurants and Hotels 12.
Miscellaneous Goods and Services 1.79 11.84 9.41 3.81 1.32 1.87 4.31 100.4 122.4 104.0 102.4 109.6 103.2 100.5 100.4 122.4 104.0 102.4 109.6 103.2 100.5 ALL ITEMS -6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10720.00 10720.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13 TABLE 5 MONTHLY INDEX - 2012 JANUARY 2010 = 100 GROUP ALL ITEMS Food and Non- Alcoholic Beverages Tobacco Alcoholic & Narcotics Beverages Clothing Housing Furnishings Household Footwear Electricity Equipment Water & Gas and Fuels and Household Maintenance Health cation Transport Communi- Recreation Education Restaurants Miscell- aneous Goods and Services and Culture and Hotels WEIGHT 100.00 21.91 3.87 3.22 30.06 6.59 1.79 11.84 9.41 3.81 1.32 1.87 4.31 MONTH January 106.1 109.0 101.2 102.5 104.0 February 105.9 108.4 101.6 103.2 103.9 March 106.0 108.1 102.0 103.3 105.1 April 106.4 107.5 102.5 103.3 105.8 May 106.7 108.0 102.3 104.5 106.0 June 106.6 108.5 102.3 105.0 105.2 July 107.3 108.9 102.2 105.2 106.2 August 107.0 109.0 102.1 105.6 105.3 September 106.3 109.5 102.2 105.6 103.9 October 106.6 109.3 102.8 105.2 105.1 November 107.2 109.9 106.0 105.2 104.8 December TABLE 6 MONTHLY ALL ITEMS INDEX JANUARY
100.5 14 TABLE 6 MONTHLY ALL ITEMS INDEX JANUARY 2007 TO DECEMBER 2012 January February March April May June July August September October November December CHART Monthly All Items Index for 2011 and 2012 107.0 106.0 105.0 104.0 103.0 102.0 101.0 100.0 2011 2012 15 TABLE 7 MONTHLY RATE OF INFLATION JANUARY 2007 TO DECEMBER 2012 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2007 0.3 0.0 -0.9 1.2 4.4 -0.8 0.6 1.5 -0.2 1.4 0.4 0.1 2008 1.3 0.7 0.5 -0.1 3.7 0.6 0.2 1.1 1.1 -0.3 -0.4 0.7 2009 -0.9 -0.9 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.5 0.2 0.9 2010 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 2011 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 CHART 3 Monthly Rate of Inflation for 2011 and 2012 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 16 2012 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.1 0.7 -0.3 -0.7 0.3 0.6 0.0 2011 2012 TABLE 8 ACCUMULATED INFLATION JANUARY 2007 TO DECEMBER 2012 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2007 0.3 0.4 -0.5 0.7 5.1 4.3 4.9 6.4 6.2 7.6 8.0 8.1 2008 1.3 2.0 2.5 2.3 6.0 6.7 6.8 7.9 9.1 8.8 8.3 9.1 2009 -0.9 -1.8 -2.3 -2.8 -3.5 -3.4 -3.3 -3.0 -2.9 -3.3 -3.1 -2.2 2010 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 2011 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.7 2.3 2.5 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.7 CHART 4 Accumulated Inflation for 2011 and 2012 ) % ( t n e c r e P 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 2012 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.0 2011 2012 17 TABLE 9 POINT TO POINT RATE OF INFLATION JANUARY 2007 TO DECEMBER 2012
 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2007 4.3 5.0 4.0 5.0 8.5 7.3 7.0 8.9 7.0 9.5 8.8 8.3 AVERAGE 7.0 2010 -1.8 -0.7 - -0.4 -1.0 -1.1 -1.8 -2.9 -3.0 -2.3 -2.2 0.5 CHART 5 Point to Point Inflation Rate 2011 and 2012 ) % ( t n e c r e P 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.0 2012 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.6 2.8 3.3 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 2.6 2011 2012 18 TABLE 10 AVERAGE ANNUAL RETAIL PRICE SELECTED ITEMS 2012 COMPARED WITH 2011 ITEMS UNIT OF QUANTITY AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE PERCENTAGE CHANGE EC$ 2012 2011 (OVER PREVIOUS YEAR) 2011 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Beef - Fresh Chicken - Whole Chicken - Leg Quarters Chicken - Backs Chicken - Wings Turkey Wings Fish - Fresh (Deep Sea) Fish - Fresh (Jacks) Fish - Fresh (Robins) Chicken Franks Luncheon Meat (pork) Codfish Cornflakes Pasta - Elbows Milk - Evaporated Milk - Condensed Bread- Small Loaf, white Bread - Large Sliced Pan Loaf (white) Eggs Orange Juice Sugar - Brown ( loose) Sugar - White ( loose) Flour - Loose Flour - Packaged ( white) Flour - Packaged ( wholewheat) Rice - Loose Rice - Package Bananas Breadfruit Eddoes Dasheens Sweet Potatoes Oranges Tomatoes Cooking Margarine Vegetable Oil Powdered Chocolate Hairoun Fruit Cocktail ( not cold) Vitamalt Lb.
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12 oz 340 g 410g Tin 397g Tin 5 Pk Each Doz 19 oz Tin Lb.

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445g Tub 1 Litre 300g Pk 280 ml Bottle 310 ml Bottle -4.06 9.71 5.00 3.16 -2.72 1.93 34.48 -4.08 1.78 4.39 8.00 1.35 9.61 11.46 6.25 3.09 1.20 -0.34 -0.29 8.89 8.46 9.68 0.15 3.99 -0.56 -0.43 0.00 2.46 -9.44 -10.23 -4.95 -1.33 -9.88 6.01 9.78 5.14 2.28 2.35 TABLE 10 CONT'D AVERAGE ANNUAL RETAIL PRICE SELECTED ITEMS 2012 COMPARED WITH 2011 AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE PERCENTAGE CHANGE (OVER PREVIOUS YEAR) 2011 EC$ 2012 2011 ITEMS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO & NARCOTICS Rum - Local (White) Beer - Local Cigarettes Table wine ( Local ) CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Textile material - Terelyne Textile material - Linen Men's Shirts - Long Sleeve Men's Jeans ( long) - size 30 Men's Shoes -Formal Women's Shoes - Formal Women's 2Pc Skirtsuit ( polyester) large Women's Blouse ( cotton/Spandex) UNIT OF QUANTITY 750 ml Bot.
280ml Bottle Pkt.

(10) 26 oz Bottle Yd.

Yd.

Each Each Pair Pair Each Each HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS Rent : Unfurnished House -2 Bedroom Unfurnished House -3 Bedroom Furnished Apartment- 2 Bedroom Cement - Portland ( grey) Galvanise Sheets 10 ft. Oil Paint Lumber -Dressed Treated Yellow Pine (1x12x12) Water - Consumption Charge Kerosene Charcoal Cooking Gas Electricity Consumption Charge 1Month 1Month 1Month 94 Lbs 1 Length 1 Gal.

1 Length 5000 Gals.

1 Gal.

1 Sack 20 Lb.

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140 KWH FURNISHING, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE Bed - Cherry 54"x75" Double size sheets - coloured/cotton Frying Pan - 12" - non-stick Laundry Soap Electrical Bulb - 60W Each Each Each Each Each 1162.50 88.8 52.76 1.16 5.22 1150.00 88.78 51.01 1.23 4.6 20 5.69 1.23 21.03 4.93 0.00 -0.12 1.92 -1.35 13.09 0.93 5.03 30.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.15 6.02 3.94 1.62 12.83 9.02 0.00 9.78 6.18 1.09 0.02 3.43 -5.69 13.48 TABLE 10 CONT'D AVERAGE ANNUAL RETAIL PRICE SELECTED ITEMS 2012 COMPARED WITH 2011 ITEMS HEALTH Doctor's Fee - Gynaecologist Eye Care Hospitalisation (Private Ward) Drug for Hypertension Drug for Diabetes Cough, Cold Preparation Dental Care Chest X- ray UNIT OF QUANTITY 1 Visit 1 Test 1 Day 1 Mth supply 1 Mth supply 125 ml.
1 Visit 1 Test TRANSPORT Petrol - Unleaded Vehicle License (car) - not exd.
2000 lbs Bus Fare - Mesopotamia Boat Fare - Bequia COMMUNICATION Telephone Service - rental of line- domestic Telephone - Consumption Charge Internet Charge Fixed Line domestic Rate- peak Mobile to Mobile- domestic RECREATION AND CULTURE Television 26 " Flat panel Cable TV Basic Charge Laptop Computer -13.3 " screen 2 GB Desktop Computer - 14" Monitor 3 GB Car Remote Control Dog Food (Canned) Dance Admission to Night Club Carnival costume and Band Fees (Adult) 1 Gal.
1 Year One Way One Way 1 Month 226 Units 1 Month 1 Minute 1 Minute Each 1 Month Each Each Each 374 g Tin Per Person Each PERCENTAGE CHANGE (OVER PREVIOUS YEAR) 2011 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.69 0.50 -0.77 2.00 5.00 5.53 1.08 10.70 18.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.19 0.29 0.00 6.14 0.91 -22.79 0.34 0.00 -9.72 AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE EC$ TABLE 10 CONT'D AVERAGE ANNUAL RETAIL PRICE SELECTED ITEMS 2012 COMPARED WITH 2011 ITEMS UNIT OF QUANTITY EDUCATION Pre-Primary - Private Primary School Fee - Private Secondary School Fee - Private Newspaper - Local Exercise Book - Primary - 24 leaves Lead Pencils Mathematics Textbook - From 4 Tuition for local evening classes 1 Month 1 Term 1 Term Each Each Each Each 1 Subject RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS Chicken Lunch - regular Fish Lunch - regular Fast Food - 2 Pc Chicken and Fries Each Each Each MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES Toilet Soap Toothpaste Men's Haircut Women's Hairdressing ( Relaxer) Disposable Diapers ( medium ) Health Insurance - Group (family) Legal Expenses (Affidavit) 125g 130g tube 1 Visit 1 Visit 10 per Pk.
≥3 Persons Fee AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE PERCENTAGE CHANGE (OVER PREVIOUS YEAR) 2011 EC$ 2012 2011 205.00 650.00 116.67 1.33 0.55 0.43 74.54 100.00 13.84 15.60 15.45 3.29 8.99 10.00 64.81 12.74 278.70 250.00 0.00 0.00 -8.93 0.00 20.00 48.84 -1.53 0.00 3.18 1.73 0.00 1.82 -0.44 0.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 0.00 205.00 650.00 106.25 1.33 0.66 0.64 73.40 100.00 14.28 15.87 15.45 3.35 8.95 10.00 64.81 12.91 278.70 250.00 22