Panama: Consumer prices fall in annual terms in January
Consumer prices fell 0.3% month-on-month in January, up from December’s 0.4% decline. According to the National Comptroller’s Office (Contraloría General de la República), lower prices for transport; housing, water, electricity and gas; education; and food and non-alcoholic beverages drove the reading.
In year-on-year terms, consumer prices fell by 0.3% in January, contrasting the 0.2% rise logged in December. Annual average inflation, meanwhile, ticked down to 0.7% from 0.8% in December.