04:02, 25/02/2016

February CPI rises by 0.42%

According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, Consumer Production Index (CPI) of the country in February, 2016 has made a 0.42% rise over the previous month.

According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, Consumer Production Index (CPI) of the country in February, 2016 has made a 0.42% rise over the previous month.

 

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Because of the high demand during the lunar new year festival, dining-out food and services made the highest rise of 1.98%, followed by beverage and cigarettes (1.15% up) and 6 others.

 

3 groups showing decrease in CPI were post – telecommunications (0.16%), housing – building materials (0.41%) and traffic (3.96%). The sharp fall in CPI of traffic followed two decreases in petroleum price on January 19 and February 3.

 

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