by Government of Barbados | Apr 26, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Index of Retail Prices for January 2023 decreased by 0.1% in comparison to the index for December 2022. Year-on-year movements within the Index increased by 5.4%, moving from 104.7 index points in January 2022 to 110.4 index points in January 2023....
by Government of Barbados | Apr 26, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Index of Retail Prices for February 2023 increased by 1.0% over January 2023. Year-on-year movements within the Index increased by 6.6%, moving from 104.6 index points in February 2022 to 111.5% in February 2023. The top five moving major divisions...
by Government of Barbados | Apr 24, 2023 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) has the mandate for producing the Retail Price Index (RPI) on a monthly basis and sharing it with all users of statistics. The RPI is a measure of changes in retail prices of a fixed basket of commodities and...
by BGIS | Nov 22, 2017 | Ministry News
The Retail Price Index for August 2017 increased by 1.7 per cent in comparison to July 2017, moving from 176.5 to 179.5 points. According to the Barbados Statistical Service, among the major groups, food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 5.5 points or 2.4 per...
by BGIS | May 26, 2017 | Ministry News
The retail price index for December 2016 decreased by 0.3 per cent in comparison with November 2016, moving from 173.2 to 172.6 index points. Among the major groups, food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 0.1 of a point or 0.0 per cent; alcoholic beverages,...