January inflation steady at 2.5 per cent as food prices fluctuate

Consumer staple prices showed mixed trends in January, with frozen fish recording the highest increase at 16.3 per cent and sugar seeing the steepest decline at 16.8 per cent, according to the Consumer Protection Service.

Prices rose in 26 categories, with 11 increasing by more than 3 per cent. The biggest hikes were in frozen fish, up by 16.3 per cent, pretzels by 11.2 per cent, frozen molluscs and shellfish