Jamaica CPI Eases 0.3 Per Cent in April as Electricity Bills Fall

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) says the Consumer Price Index moved down by 0.3 per cent in April 2026.

Its latest CPI bulletin attributes the monthly dip chiefly to lower electricity charges. That easing fed a 4.3 per cent drop in the Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels category. Within that grouping, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels alone fell 12.5 per cent over the month.

The headline decline would have been steeper but for pressure from food and transport. The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages segment rose 0.6 per cent, lifted mainly by dearer farm goods such as ripe banana, orange and watermelon. Transport costs climbed 1.1 per cent as petrol prices increased.

STATIN also reports that Jamaica’s point-to-point inflation rate was 4.3 per cent as at 26 April.