Official data · November 5, 2026

What is core inflation? Dominican prices excluding fuel and volatile foods rose 4.61 % in the year to September 2026

Core inflation in the Dominican Republic was 4.61 % between September 2025 and September 2026, according to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD). It measures price changes excluding some highly volatile farm goods, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, fuels, and administered and transport services, which account for 30.19 % of the consumer price index (CPI) basket. In September 2025 it was 4.35 %.

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic table with the core CPI and monthly, year-to-date and year-on-year core inflation, January to September 2026 — Core consumer price index and core inflation, January-September 2026 (base October 2019-September 2020 = 100; changes in %). Table: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. Photo: Cuadro: Banco Central de la República Dominicana (watermarked by Economía con Datos).

Every Thursday at Economía con Datos we explain an indicator. Today: core inflation, which the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) publishes every month alongside headline inflation. The latest figure: between September 2025 and September 2026, core inflation was 4.61 %. The full series since January 2000 is on our core inflation data page (in Spanish).

What it measures

Core inflation uses the same CPI basket but leaves out some highly volatile farm goods, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, fuels, and administered and transport services, which represent 30.19 % of the basket, according to the BCRD. The remaining 69.81 % is covered (Economía con Datos calculation).

September 2026

The core index rose 0.22 % from August, 3.13 % from January to September and 4.61 % over twelve months. Its 2026 high was 4.96 % in June and July. Using BCRD indices, Economía con Datos calculated twelve-month changes to September 2026 of 5.12 % for headline CPI, 5.79 % for tradable goods and 4.46 % for non-tradables.

Since 2000

In December of each year, core inflation was 38.48 % in 2003 and 30.58 % in 2004, between 1.82 % and 2.47 % in 2015-2019, 6.87 % in 2021 and 4.85 % in 2025. Over ten years, from September 2016 to September 2026, the core index rose 50.86 % (Economía con Datos calculation).

Source: Banco Central de la República Dominicana, IPC subyacente, base octubre 2019-septiembre 2020 (document in Spanish).

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What is core inflation? Dominican prices excluding fuel and volatile foods rose 4.61 % in the year to September 2026

What it measures

September 2026

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