Prices have decreased compared to June 2012
The consumer price index for Sint Maarten has decreased in the month of August 2012 by 0.3 percent compared to that of June 2012.
When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month period (Aug. 2011 to Aug. 2012), an increase of 4.7 percent was recorded compared to the same period one year earlier. The rate of inflation has shown steady growth since April 2011; reaching an all-time high of 5.5 percent in April of this year. However as of June contraction in the rate of inflation was observed; recorded rates of 5.2 and 4.7 for June and August respectively. Nevertheless, price inflation of the food expenditure category continued to climb at an alarming rate of 14 percent in August 2012.