Comments on: March 2019 Consumer Price Index Report https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Toodle-oo https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001633 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:20:48 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001633 If anyone has any long range confidence in the stability and well being of this island , then yeah , go ahead and buy but that wasn’t the message that I had in mind .

]]> By: Bs https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001471 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:14:42 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001471 Yes the message is it’s time to buy!! Got my new home for a reasonable price and not the inflated value that people think their house is worth!!!

]]> By: Toodle-oo https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001425 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:17:38 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001425 For over ten years now we’ve had a housing glut . Landlords unable to rent out units and people unable to sell almost to the point of trying to give places away. Hundreds and hundreds of empty places and overall rental prices have actually increased ?

I think there’s a message there in between the lines.

]]> By: Double S https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001388 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:28:30 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001388 - The Rent sector rose 2.0 per cent.
- The Food sector rose 2.9 per cent.
- The Health & Personal Care sector advanced by 2.9 per cen

And that is before the PLP introduced either new or higher taxes on each sector mentioned above. Not exactly living up to their campaign promise of reducing the cost of living huh?

]]> By: Red rose https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001354 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:31:41 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001354 2.9 per cent increase in food – two and a half times higher than the inflation rate. Sugar tax?

]]> By: Question https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001270 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 08:51:05 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001270 The PLP recession.

]]> By: Triangle Drifter https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5001016 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:24:10 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5001016 Here we go. Wait till the financial year 2019- 2020 kicks in with all the new taxes & increases in fees. 25-11

]]> By: Onion Peels https://bernews.com/2019/07/march-2019-consumer-price-index-report/#comment-5000890 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:32:42 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=889339#comment-5000890 This is BEFORE the new taxes kicked in in April.

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