•Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2 per cent in April 2019 to 121.1 as compared to 120.9 in the same month of the preceding year. The main groups that contributed to the increases were Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels (+2.0 per cent), Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (+1.2 per cent), Education (+1.2 per cent), Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+1.1 per cent) and Restaurants & Hotels (+0.8 per cent).

•On a monthly basis, CPI remains unchanged as compared to March 2019. Meanwhile, CPI for the period of January - April 2019 registered a decrease of 0.2 per cent as compared to the same period last year.