Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05PORTAUPRINCE2964
2005-12-01 20:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:
Haiti: Inflation continues in October
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UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 002964
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
EB/IFD/ODF
EB/IFD/OMA
WHA/EPSC
INR/IAA/MAC
S/CRS
TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAN/WH/OLAC (SMITH, S.)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN PGOV HA
SUBJECT: Haiti: Inflation continues in October
According to just-released figures from the Haitian
Statistical Institute, overall inflation for October 2005
was 0.94 percent (a yearly rate of 11.8 percent).
Inflation for the past 12 months was 14.9 percent. Much of
October's rise was due to increases in rent and utilities,
which were up 4.4 percent for the month. The politically
sensitive price of food rose a modest 0.3 percent. The
inflation target in Haiti's new IMF program, EPCA II, which
began on October 1, is 10.0 percent.
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
EB/IFD/ODF
EB/IFD/OMA
WHA/EPSC
INR/IAA/MAC
S/CRS
TREASURY FOR MAUREEN WAFER
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAN/WH/OLAC (SMITH, S.)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN PGOV HA
SUBJECT: Haiti: Inflation continues in October
According to just-released figures from the Haitian
Statistical Institute, overall inflation for October 2005
was 0.94 percent (a yearly rate of 11.8 percent).
Inflation for the past 12 months was 14.9 percent. Much of
October's rise was due to increases in rent and utilities,
which were up 4.4 percent for the month. The politically
sensitive price of food rose a modest 0.3 percent. The
inflation target in Haiti's new IMF program, EPCA II, which
began on October 1, is 10.0 percent.