Panama: Consumer prices slide in annual terms in March
Consumer prices fell 0.44% in March on a month-on-month basis, down from the 0.25% decline in February. Significantly cheaper transport prices underpinned the latest print.
Meanwhile, consumer prices fell 0.8% in March compared to the same month a year earlier, contrasting the flat reading in February. The average change in consumer prices in the 12 months leading up to March was negative 0.3%, as in February.