The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February decreased 0.05 percent compared to the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office.
Thanks to the reduction in the oil and gas price, three out of the 11 groups in the calculated basket witnessed declines in the price, including transport dropped by 4.41 percent, housing and building material down 0.41 percent and telecommunications down 0.02 percent.
The prices of the groups of restaurants and food service and foodstuff only increased 0.53 percent and 0.13 percent, respectively.
The beverage and tobacco and garment, hats and footwear groups saw slight rises in prices of 0.56 percent and 0.45 percent, respectively.
The gold price rose 2.7 percent while the $ price reduced 0.2 percent.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News