Comments on: Consumer prices in Costa Rica rising faster than last year

By: Iddy Yutt

Iddy Yutt — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 08:39:00 +0000

Shuddupp. The game is tomorrow !!! Pura Vida !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: expatin paradise

expatin paradise — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:59:00 +0000

At roughly 18%, given that the dollar went up roughly 9% at its highest, gasoline has gone up 9% higher than the currency differential, more than any other price mentioned in the article. (which were also affected by the dollar rise, anyway). I don’t know if petrol products have increased by that amount globally, but it seems excessive, even with the uncertainty in the middle east.

Apathy and an unwillingness to improve service in the public sector is typical among government employees here, Perhaps an award program to give monetary rewards to employees who make suggestions that save government funds would improve that apathy.

By: roberto

roberto — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Inefficient mediocrity.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:54:00 +0000

Your having a logic attack.. I agree however, the greed among the agency’s has no limit.

By: expatin paradise

expatin paradise — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:51:00 +0000

It would be helpful to show that gasoline price increase as a percentage. I believe that gasoline is up by almost 20%, which puts it well above the other “highs” reported. Since the government controls the price of gasoline, it could help keep inflation down by freezing gasoline prices. Even if the government took a loss as the result, it would be a small price to pay to keep inflation within manageable limits. After all, employee wage increases are based in part on inflation rates, so keeping inflation down should save the government considerably in employee wages.

By: Yeims

Yeims — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:16:00 +0000

It seems that many countries around the world are understating their inflation rates as they keep on printing more and more of their currencies.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:38:00 +0000

Well, the devaluation of the colon and inflation are related to some extent, so we we should have expected higher inflation after the spike in the value of the dollar this year. Unfortunately, now that the dollar is devaluing but the price increases have already been pushed through, I doubt that anyone will lower prices. We’ll just have to live with a little more inflation than was justified, I’m afraid, and all eyes need to be on the Central Bank to see whether this will all be managed a little better in the future.