Local CPI in first 8 months of the year surges 3.3%

Provincial Statistics Department has just said that the province’s consumer price index (CPI) in the first 8 months of 2023 increased by 3.32% over the same period last year.

There were 9 main groups of goods and services with growth in the CPI. Of these, the group of food and food services increased by 2.55%. The reason for the increase was due to the increase in input costs and prices of raw materials for processing, causing fluctuations in prices on the market.

Particularly, beverages and tobacco increased by 3.6%; garments, hats, and shoes by 1.38%; housing, electricity and water, fuel and construction materials by 3.44%; household appliances by 2.52%; education by 1.52%; culture, entertainment and tourism by 3.57%; other goods and services by 2.77%...

Reported by Minh Duy-Translated by Kim Tin