Monthly Inflation Note, April 2022
Summary: The Bank of the Republic of Haiti's monthly note on inflation for April 2022. It reads the consumer price index published by IHSI and adds the central bank's own analysis: headline inflation month on month and year on year, movement in the main consumption functions, inflation broken down by whether goods are imported or locally produced and by region of the country, core inflation, the factors the bank holds responsible for the month's movement, and its inflation forecast.
Key Findings
- The CPI reached 211.6 in April 2022, up from 208.3 in March 2022 and 167 in April 2021.
- Monthly inflation stayed at 1.6 percent, while annual inflation rose by 0.8 percentage point to 26.7 percent.
- Cumulative monthly inflation from October 2021 to April 2022 reached 16.2 percent, compared with 4.6 percent one year earlier.
- Food monthly inflation eased slightly to 1.8 percent but still contributed about 58.1 percent of monthly inflation.
- Imported-product inflation rose to 38 percent, 17.5 percentage points above local-product inflation.
How to cite
Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH), Monthly Inflation Note, April 2022, https://www.brh.ht/wp-content/uploads/Note-mensuelle-inflation-Avril-2022.pdf