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SEPTEMBER 2014
INFLATION CONTINUES TO RISE
YEAR-TO-YEAR ANALYSIS
Inflation
Rate
2.4%
The compilation of
SUMMARY STATISTICS
Monthly
processing of several
thousand price
quotations. The
Department of
Statistics wishes to
acknowledge the
cooperation of the
business community
in supplying the
required price data.
Quarterly
Period
Index
Annual
per cent
Change
2013
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
122.7
122.8
122.1
122.4
+1.8
+1.6
+1.3
+1.9
2014
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
122.5
122.6
123.3
123.8
124.2
124.2
124.3
124.7
125.6
+1.8
+1.7
+2.0
+1.9
+2.1
+1.8
+1.9
+2.1
+2.4
Period
2012
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2013
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2014
Q1
Q2
Q3
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Index
118.2
119.6
120.3
120.5
120.6
121.7
Annual
per cent
Change
+2.8
+2.7
+2.5
+1.8
122.3
122.4
+2.0
+1.8
+1.7
+1.6
122.8
124.1
124.9
+1.8
+2.0
+2.1
MONTH-MONTH ANALYSIS
Transport & Vehicles
Food
100
Nov 13 index
122.4 122.1
100
122.1
0.3%
100
Dec 12 index
100
Feb 10 index
122.4 120.1
100
120.1
1.9%
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
122.5 111.7
100
111.7
9.7%
2004
WEIGHT
Tobacco
&
Liquor
Fuel
&
Power
Household
Goods,
Services &
Communications
20
30
140
All Items
Food
Rent
Clothing
&
Footwear
Transport
&
Vehicles
Education,
Recreation
& Reading
Health &
Personal
Care
1000
146
325
37
139
71
92
+5.4
+3.0
+2.3
+3.5
+3.0
+1.9
+1.3
+1.1
+0.2
-0.3
+3.0
+2.4
+5.7
+4.3
+0.1
+5.9
+1.9
+3.1
+2.5
+4.4
-6.3
-0.8
+11.3
+11.3
+9.3
-1.9
+5.3
+2.5
+2.6
+2.7
+2.5
+6.7
+8.1
+7.5
+6.6
+8.3
+0.2
+0.3
Nil
+0.1
Nil
-1.9
-7.8
+2.9
+0.3
+0.2
Nil
Nil
-1.0
+1.3
Nil
-2.0
+2.1
+0.3
+0.1
Nil
+0.3
+1.5
+0.1
-0.1
+1.8
+2.4
+2.7
+2.4
+1.8
+0.7
+1.6
+2.0
+1.0
+0.5
-4.3
+1.8
+0.6
+1.6
+1.4
2012
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Nil
+0.3
-0.4
-0.3
+0.1
+0.4
-0.4
-1.0
-0.2
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
-2.0
Nil
Nil
2013
Jan
Feb
Mar
+0.2
+0.2
+0.2
+2.3
Nil
+0.4
-0.1
+0.1
-0.5
+1.1
Nil
Nil
+0.5
-0.2
Nil
-1.4
+1.4
+2.8
+0.1
Nil
Nil
-1.2
+1.3
+1.4
+0.2
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
+0.5
+0.1
+0.3
Nil
+0.1
+0.4
+0.1
-0.6
+0.3
+0.4
-0.4
+0.1
+0.3
+0.8
+0.2
-0.1
-0.4
-0.8
-0.3
Nil
Nil
+0.2
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
+0.8
Nil
Nil
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+1.0
+0.2
Nil
+1.7
+2.0
+0.4
+0.1
+0.1
-0.1
Nil
+0.4
+0.1
Nil
-2.7
+1.8
Nil
+0.9
+0.8
-0.8
-2.7
Nil
Nil
+0.1
-0.1
+0.1
+0.4
-0.1
+0.1
Nil
Nil
-1.9
+1.2
+1.6
-1.8
-0.5
+2.2
+0.5
-3.2
+2.6
Nil
Nil
-0.1
-0.1
+0.1
+1.6
-0.1
-0.1
+0.1
+6.3
+0.7
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.4
Nil
+0.1
2014
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
+0.1
+0.1
+0.5
+0.4
+0.3
Nil
Nil
0.3
0.7
+1.5
+0.3
+1.2
-0.2
-0.2
+0.2
+0.7
+0.7
+0.1
+0.5
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.1
+0.7
Nil
Nil
-0.3
Nil
Nil
+0.2
Nil
Nil
+0.4
-0.1
Nil
+0.4
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
-0.1
Nil
-2.9
-2.1
+2.1
+1.1
+0.8
+0.7
+1.8
+1.3
+0.8
Nil
Nil
+0.1
Nil
Nil
+0.5
+0.2
Nil
Nil
-1.7
+1.2
+2.0
-2.4
+2.6
-1.2
-1.4
+1.4
+4.3
-0.1
+0.2
Nil
+0.2
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
+1.5
Nil
-0.1
Nil
+5.3
Nil
+0.1
+0.1
Nil
+0.1
Sep 14
125.6
135.3
111.6
122.8
136.8
159.5
112.4
115.5
134.2
174.7
Sep '14
Sep '13
+2.4
+3.3
+0.9
+1.9
+1.4
Nil
+0.9
+4.4
+2.1
+5.9
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
A mathematical formula that takes into account the
relative importance of an items price change
compared to the overall change in the sector or CPI.
Inflation
Bermuda
1
United States
2
Canada
3
United Kingdom
2010
2011
2012
2.4
1.5
1.8
4.6
2.7
3.0
2.9
5.2
2.4
1.7
1.5
3.2
2013 Sep14
Sources:
1. US Bureau of Labour Statistics
2. Statistics Canada
3. UK Office of National Statistics
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
1.8
1.5
0.9
3.0
+2.4
+1.7
+2.0
+2.3