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Prices have increased compared to August 2016
The Consumer Price Index for Sint Maarten has increased in the month of October 2016 by 0.3 percent compared to that of August 2016.
When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month period (October 2015 to October 2016), a decrease of 120.9 percent was recorded compared to the same period one year earlier. The current level of deflation (-0.1%) is comparable to that recorded in Feburary1986 (-0.1%).