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Dominican consumer prices rose 0.33 % in September 2026; annual inflation at 5.12 %
The consumer price index rose 0.33 % in September 2026 and year-on-year inflation stood at 5.12 % (5.13 % in August). Core inflation fell for a second month, to 4.61 %. Transport, food and education explained 85.05 % of the monthly increase.
The consumer price index (CPI) of the Dominican Republic rose 0.33 % in September 2026, the Central Bank reported. Year-on-year inflation, from September 2025 to September 2026, was 5.12 %, compared with 5.13 % in August. In September 2025, annual inflation had been 3.76 %.
Core inflation: 4.61 %
Core inflation fell for a second consecutive month to 4.61 %, 35 basis points below the 4.96 % of June and July, and remains within the Central Bank's target range of 4.0 % ± 1.0 %. Core inflation excludes volatile food prices, fuels, regulated services such as electricity and transport, and alcohol and tobacco.
What drove the month
Transport rose 0.64 %, due to government adjustments to gasoline and diesel prices amid high oil prices and to higher school transport fares. Food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 0.43 % (plantains, squash, pigeon peas, rice, eggs), and education 1.85 %, with private school fees at the start of the school year. Communications fell 1.06 %.
Over twelve months, the largest increases were in transport (8.19 %), restaurants and hotels (7.66 %), education (6.63 %) and food (5.59 %). Communications (−2.36 %) and clothing and footwear (−1.38 %) declined.
Source: Banco Central de la República Dominicana (document in Spanish).
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