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The rate of inflation dropped slightly last December to 1.6 per cent, 0.1 percentage points down from November. The price change refers to the standard basket of goods and services measured by the consumer price index compared to the same period in 2...

Inflation edged up to 2.1 per cent in October, 0.1 of a percentage point higher than the month before. For the second consecutive month, the education, recreation, entertainment and reading sector was the largest contributor to the year-over-year cha...

The cost of living rose in September at the highest rate in more than a year. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, hit 2 per cent with education, healthcare and food costs the main contributors to the increase. The Department of Statis...

Consumers paid 1.1 per cent more for the standard basket of goods and services in May than the same month a year ago, according to Government statistics. The rate of inflation remained unchanged from April at 1.1 per cent. The average cost of goods a...

Shoppers paid 2.1 per cent more in June for goods and services than a year before. And the Island’s inflation rate went up 0.9 percentage points from the 1.2 per cent measured in May. Health and personal care notched up the largest increase year on y...

More than 800 jobs were lost in 2014, according to Government statisticians. The number of Bermudian job holders dropped by 671, from 24,504 in 2013 to 23,833 last year. The number of jobs held by non-Bermudians, excluding non-Bermudian spouses and p...

The number of work permits granted each year dropped by more than 6,800 in just six years, according to Government statistics released yesterday. The report showed that the estimated number of work permits issued peaked at 18,131 in 2007 — but had dr...

Consumers paid 1.8 percent more in June 2014 than they did a year ago for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This level of inflation decreased 0.3 percentage points from the 2.1 percent measured in May 2014. ...