*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show that monthly inflation in August was 0.71%, up from 0.38%
in July. In annual terms, inflation in August was 3.71%, up from 3.40% in July. According to the same BCRD report, monthly inflation was driven by food and non-alcoholic drinks, which was up 1.24% in monthly terms, as well as transport (+0.81%), education (+2.18%), restaurants and hotels (+0.57%), and various goods and services (+0.37%). The BCRD highlights that with the latest figures, inflation has remained within the target range of 4.0% +/- 1.0 for the last 28 months.
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