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Inflation Falls 1.3% in Antigua and Barbuda as Food and Airfare Prices Decline
Inflation in Antigua and Barbuda fell by 1.3% in the twelve months to January 2026, reflecting lower prices in key consumer categories including transport, food and household goods, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The data also showed prices declining 1.9% between December 2025 and January 2026, indicating easing cost pressures for households at the start of the year.
Transport costs recorded some of the sharpest declines over the year. The index for transport services fell 15.2%, largely due to a significant drop in airline fares, particularly on routes to Barbados. Average ticket prices fell from $2,576.20 to $1,701.32 during the period.
Food prices also contributed to the overall decline in inflation. The food index decreased 2.1% year-on-year, with falling prices recorded for vegetables, fruits and fish and seafood. Fresh and chilled vegetables saw the largest drop, declining 16.3% compared with the previous year.
Short-term price movements were even more pronounced in supermarkets. The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages index fell 4.9% in January compared with December, with seven of the nine major food groups recording decreases.
Among the largest monthly declines were:
- Meat and meat products: down 8.4%
- Fish and seafood: down 8.0%
- Vegetables: down 7.2%
- Fruit: down 6.9%
Personal services also registered significant price reductions. The index for miscellaneous goods and services fell 4.8% year-on-year, with hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments recording a steep 25.5% decline in prices.
Overall, the statistics show broad price declines across several sectors of the economy. Of the 12 major spending categories measured in the CPI, seven recorded decreases over the year.
The Consumer Price Index tracks changes in the prices of goods and services typically purchased by households and is widely used as the main measure of inflation. Prices are collected monthly and quarterly from supermarkets and other businesses to gauge movements in the cost of living.
The January figures suggest that falling transport and food prices played a major role in moderating inflation pressures in Antigua and Barbuda during the period.
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Who is crunching these numbers?
When we get 70% of imported goods from the US and the US is already experiencing 3.7% inflation.
It’s now we need the late Asot Micheal to debunk these bogus numbers.
All the Academics at UWI Five Islands (with Economics degrees) and the PHDs around the island are sitting around. None of them have the temerity to challenge these bogus figures.
Here is a more formal but humorously sarcastic rephrased version that keeps the “laughable” tone while sounding polished:
This must surely be Antigua in Guatemala, because it certainly cannot be the Antigua in the Caribbean. Someone appears to be getting rather creative here.
Food prices and airfare declining? That sounds like a remarkable work of fiction. Unless I have somehow skipped ahead on the calendar, April 1st has not arrived as yet.
Perhaps it would be best to save that joke for the appropriate date. In the meantime, let us kindly return to the realm of reality.If you want, I can also generate 2–3 alternative versions:
• a more sarcastic social-media version
• a short witty version
• a very polished professional version.