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The United Nations has proclaimed 2013 as the International Year of Statistics.

The average inflation rate in 2012 was recorded at 1.2 percent.

The Cabinet in its meeting on February 26th, 2013 noted the terms of reference of a National Statistical Coordination Committee (Statistical Committee).

The Cayman Islands’ economy was estimated to have grown by 0.8 percent in thefirst nine months of the 2012.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the quarter ending September 2012 increased by 0.05 percent compared to the quarter ending September 2011.

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The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will lead observance of CARICOM-designated Caribbean Statistics Day in the Cayman Islands

The Economics & Statistics Office (ESO) will be conducting the annual Labour Force Survey starting Sunday October 7, 2012.

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the quarter ending June 2012 increased by 0.9 percent compared to the quarter ending June 2011.

The first six months of 2012 as compared to the similar period a year ago, revealed that merchandise imports increased by 1.2 percent to reach $369.9 million.

The Cayman Islands’ economy grew by an estimated rate of 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012.

The Cayman Islands’ economy grew by 1.2 percent in the first six months of the 2012 as compared to the 1.3 percent recorded a year earlier.

For the first quarter of 2012, the country’s total value of imports grew by 8.4 percent to reach CI$184.6 million.

Merchandise imports increased by 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2012 from the same quarter a year ago to reach $555.4 million.

The Hon. Premier and Minister of Finance Mr. McKeeva Bush welcomes

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the quarter ending March 2012 increased marginally by 0.1 percent compared to the quarter ending March 2011.

Imports for 2011 grew by 10.4 per cent, reversing the 7.3 percent decline recorded in 2010.

Total employment in the Cayman Islands in 2011 was estimated at 35,267, higher by 0.8 percent compared to 2010.