He Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) on Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a monthly variation of 0.34 % in September 2025. With this result, the inflation Interranual measure from September 2024 to September 2025 was 3.76 %.
He stressed that Inflation It has been maintained for 29 months within the target range of the monetary program of 4.0 % ± 1.0 %, that is, since May 2023, and is among the lowest of non -dollarized economies in Latin America.
He indicated that, in regard to Inflation interannual underlying, it was 4.35 % in September, remaining within the objective established by the Central Bank.
“This indicator It allows to extract clearer signals for the conduct of monetary policybecause it excludes some articles that normally do not respond to liquidity conditions in the economy, such as foods with great variability in their prices, fuel BCRD Through a press release.
Variation by groups
- When analyzing the results of the Monthly Variation of the CPI General in September 2025, it is observed that the groups with the highest incidence in the inflation They were non -alcoholic foods and drinks, education, restaurants and hotels, alcoholic beverages and tobacco and diverse goods and services.
- In the opposite direction, transport, recreation and culture groups and communications registered reductions in their price levelscontributing to the variation of the general CPI was less magnitude.
In relation to the variation of 0.72 % observed in the field Non -alcoholic food and drinksthis is mainly explained by the increases in the prices of articles such as bananas and green guineans, cassava, cod, sour lemons, ripe bananas, among others.
The decreases of some products such as The fresh chickenavocados, oranges, peppers, among other food goods, partially attenuated the inflation of the group.
The group’s CPI Education presented a variation of 2.29 %, based on the increases recorded in the Rates from private schools For preschool, primary and secondary education, as part of the seasonal dynamics associated with the school enrollment process. Also, increases in university education services were observed.
Regarding the group Restaurants and hotelsthis revealed a variation rate of 0.61 % as a result of the increases in The food prices prepared outside the homemainly in the dish of the day, food services with accompaniment, chicken, among others.
“It is important to note that the behavior observed in the Food Supply Service Price Index It responds to the increase in the costs of the basic inputs used in its elaboration, which directly affect the consumer price of these services, “said the BCRD.
Increase in beer prices
The group Alcoholic and tobacco drinks exhibited a variation of 1.59 %, largely determined by the increase in beer prices. While the various goods and services group presented a inflation of 0.18 %, explained by the increases in the prices of personal care services and articles.
In contrast, The transport group index evidenced a monthly variation of -0.13 % attributed to the falls evidenced in air ticket rates, whose magnitude was attenuated by price increases in vehicle repair services, passage by public car and motoconcho.
The same way, The Recreation and Culture Group registered a variation of -0.63 %, product of price decreases in tourist packages.
While The communications item reflected a variation of – 0.44 % due to reductions in the prices of Internet services, cell telephony and combined telecommunications services.
Inflation of tradable and non -tradable goods
The IPC of tradable goods experienced an increase of 0.32 % in September 2025, mainly driven by rises in some foods and in The beer. In relation to the index of non -tradable goods and services, the inflation It stood at 0.36 %.
Inflation by regions
The IPC By geographical regions in the month of September, compared to August, it shows that that of the Ozama region, which includes the National District and the Santo Domingo province, experienced a variation of 0.29 %; the northern or cibao region of 0.44 %; the east region of 0.32 %; and the southern region of 0.26 %.
The variation rate More pronounced verified in the northern region obeys a greater contribution of high weighting articles in its basket, such as green bananas and cassava, in addition to a greater effect of the price increase verified in beer.
While Inflation Observed in the southern region, it is explained by a lower contribution of the Non -alcoholic Food and Beveragesmainly due to the reductions in the prices of fresh chicken, a food of greater relative participation in its basket, as well as the lower incidence of the restaurants and hotels group compared to the rest of the country.
Inflation by quintiles
Finally, results of Price indices for socioeconomic strata They exhibited rates inflation of 0.35 % the quintile one, 0.37 % the quintile two and 0.40 % the quintile three.
While The quintiles Four and five presented variations of 0.40 % and 0.22 %, respectively.
The youngest inflation rate Registered in the Quintil Five, to a large extent, to the slightest weighting of food in the basket of the household houses, together with the decreases observed in the air ticket rates and the tourist packages services.
