Headline inflation in PNG has trended slightly above developing countries as a whole, while PNG’s trimmed mean inflation, which excludes the most volatile components such as betelnut, has trended very closely to other developing economies over the last 2 years.
1/5  BIS - Central bankers' speeches  The weakness of economic activity would reflect both that of consumption – which would diminish, following the decrease in the purchasing power of households – and that of investments in machinery and equipment – which would decelerate due to high uncertainty and the increase in financing costs.