VGP – Ha Noi’s Consumer Price Index in January dropped 0.17% compared to December 2014 and up 0.67% against the same month in 2014.
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According to the municipal Department of Statistics, the decrease is attributed to a reduction in petroleum price, which led to a fall of 3.78% in transport service price.
The group of housing and building materials, electricity, water and fuel showed a decline of 1.18% compared to the previous month.
In January, seven among 11 items saw a rise in prices.
The garment and footwear groups increased 0.69%.
The other groups witnessed a slight increase such as equipment and home appliances up 0.14%, medicines and health care service up 0.06%, and foodstuff up 0.45%.
The education and telecommunication prices remained unchanged.
The gold and US dollar prices rose 1.23% and 0.09%, respectively.
By Thuy Dung
Đăng ký: VietNam News