Hanoi's CPI drops 0.1% in September
Hanoi’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped 0.1% in September from the previous month but increased 0.34% over a year earlier, reported the municipal Statistics Office.
The highest price index in the month went to the education group at 1.39% due to an increase in tuition fees at universities and colleges according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s itinerary.
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Restaurant and food services group continued to rise 0.13 from the previous month, resulting from price increases in vegetables, seafood and eggs.
Two groups witnessing a reduction of 7% were housing, electricity, water, fuel and building materials due to gas and kerosene price decreases.
Price of the transport group enjoyed a sharp decline at 3.28% as a result of oil and petroleum prices being cut on August 19th and September 3rd.
Prices of gold and the US dollar saw the same trend with respective increases at 3.36% and 2.77% over a month earlier.
On the whole, CPI from the start of the year climbed 0.71% year on year./.
( Compiled by VNF )
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