Inflation in Trinidad and Tobago held steady at 1.5% in July, unchanged from June. The Central Statistical Office (CSO) said it is a rise from just 0.3% recorded during the same period last year.
In its report on Monday, the CSO said the All Items Index stood at 125.7 points, increasing by 0.1% over the previous month.
Food prices told a mixed story. The cost of items such as chicken, cucumbers, fish, rice, garlic, and sweet potatoes fell, but this was balanced out by increases in tomatoes, ochroes, green peppers, melongene, pumpkin, and soft drinks.
Looking across other categories, there were small decreases in alcohol and tobacco, down to 0.2%, while clothing and footwear dropped to 0.6%.
At the same time, housing, household goods, health, transport, and recreation costs all went up slightly.
Overall, the CSO says July’s data reflects very modest price changes across most areas of spending.