Consumer prices, Sint Maarten, October 2014

 Prices have increased slightly compared to August 2014 

The consumer price index for Sint Maarten has increased in the month of October 2014 by 0.2 percent compared to that of August 2014. 

When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month period (Aug. 2013 to Aug. 2014), an increase of 2.1 percent was recorded compared to the same period one year earlier. 

This is evident from the data released by the Department of Statistics (STAT) today.