MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) CARLA N. BARNETT PhD CBE ON THE OCCASION OF THE FOURTEENTH OBSERVANCE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2022 It is my pleasure to extend greetings on the fourteenth Caribbean Statistics Day which will be...
Read MoreTrinidad and Tobago will benefit from a US$721,400 grant from the Joint SDG Fund of the United Nations which will be used to develop the country’s data and statistics related to its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at the launch of the project at the Hyatt...
Read MoreThe Index for Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages increased from 130.4 in May 2022 to 132.0 in June 2022, reflecting an increase of 1.2%. Contributing significantly to this increase was the general upward movement in the prices of whole chickens – fresh; curry; whole chickens –...
Read MoreBeginning Wednesday 20th July, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) will start preparations for the upcoming , (MICS). The survey is scheduled to begin at the end of July and conclude in November 2022. As part of the preparations, field practice exercises and one pilot exercise...
Read MoreThe Index of Retail Prices for May 2022 revealed decreases in the prices of carite – fresh; king fish – fresh; whole chicken – fresh; cucumber; ochroes; salmon – fresh; melongene; other edible oil (not soya bean oil); melon; and sweet potatoes. Learn more about...
Read MoreTrinidad and Tobago Guardian Newspaper | Sun Jan 9th 2022 Progress is being made by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) to bring the dissemination of the Index of Retail Prices (RPI) back on the one-month time lag schedule, the Ministry of Planning and Development has...
Read MoreTrinidad and Tobago Guardian Newspaper Mon Jan 10th 2022 Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis has said that progress is being made by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) to bring the dissemination of the Index of Retail Prices (RPI) back on the...
Read More“Data is the lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability. Without high-quality data providing the right information on the right things at the right time; designing, monitoring and evaluating effective policies becomes almost impossible… Read the latest article in our Statistics in Focus...
Read MoreIt’s Statistics Week here in the Caribbean. The theme for this year’s celebration is all about National Censuses…”Leave No One Behind… Everyone Counts” #EveryoneCounts. What is the National Census?… Why is the data from this survey vital to the planning of the country? Why is...
Read MoreDid you catch the latest “Statistics in Focus” column from the Central Statistical Office? The 25th article of the current series – The CARICOM Regional Census Coordinating Committee was featured in Thursday’s Business Guardian. Catch up on the latest and other articles at: Statistics in Focus.
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