{"id":237166,"date":"2025-06-09T05:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=237166"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:03:01","slug":"inflation-seems-to-be-in-check-according-to-central-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/09\/inflation-seems-to-be-in-check-according-to-central-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation seems to be in check according to Central Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inflacion-Anual-Banco-Central-de-la-RD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237210\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inflacion-Anual-Banco-Central-de-la-RD.jpg 850w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inflacion-Anual-Banco-Central-de-la-RD-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Inflacion-Anual-Banco-Central-de-la-RD-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic released data on inflation on Friday, 6 June 2025, in contradiction to the rising prices of food people are complaining about when visiting supermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inflation in May was just 0.08% over April, and the year-to-year inflation was pegged at 3.84%. These figures are in tune with the Central Bank\u2019s projections of 4.0% +\/-1%, and certainly one of the lowest inflation rates in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is called the \u201cunderlying\u201d inflation rate, one which does not compute the more volatile goods and services and is more associated with monetary issues, is no said to be 4.22%, also within parameters of the Central Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Central Bank\u2019s report that 0.08% inflation over April is due to a reduction of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages category that was set at (-0.16% in May). The report indicates the 0.16% drop in foods was due to lower prices for some of the most popular foodstuffs, such as green plantains, potatoes, and poultry, among other items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the segment called Recreation and Culture, the month-to-month change was -1.25%, representing a reduction in the costs in services and tourist packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other areas saw slight increases, such as Diverse Goods and Services, which includes beauty products, and Restaurants and Hotels which saw a 0.44% increase in their prepared foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health, transportation, education, and housing all saw slight upticks in prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bancentral.gov.do\/a\/d\/6252-bcrd-informa-que-la-variacion-del-ipc-de-mayo-fue-de-008-\">Central Bank <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/panorama\/dinero\/bcrd-informa-que-la-variacion-del-ipc-de-mayo-fue-de-0-08\/\">El Caribe <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/consumo\/2025\/06\/05\/inflacion-interanual-de-republica-dominicana-se-situa-en-384-\/3139641\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/panorama\/dinero\/logro-inflacion-de-republica-dominicana-esta-entre-las-mas-bajas-al\/\">El Caribe <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic released data on inflation on Friday, 6 June 2025, in contradiction to the rising prices of food people are complaining about when visiting supermarkets. Inflation in May was just 0.08% over April, and the year-to-year inflation was pegged at 3.84%. These figures are in tune with the Central &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/09\/inflation-seems-to-be-in-check-according-to-central-bank\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237212,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237166\/revisions\/237212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}