The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by 0.45% month-on-month, fueled by higher prices of food, foodstuff and electricity, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on July 29.
The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by 0.45% month-on-month due to higher prices of food, foodstuff and electricity. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by ♍0.45%month-on-month, fueled by higher prices of food, foodstuff and electricity, theGeneral Statistics Office (GSO) said on July 29.
This figurerepresents an increase of 2.06% compared to the same period last year. The July core inflation increased 0.36% from last month and 4.11% from the same period last year. Among the 11 groups of goods and services used to calculate theCPI, ten had higher prices than in the previous month, with the group of other goods and services reporting the highest rise of 2.84%.
Housing and construction materials rose by 0.51% month on month while transportationwent up 0.11%. Post and telecommunications is the only group with pricesdropping in the month, falling 0.12%.
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The GSO attributedthe seven-month CPI hike to the prices of educational services which increased by 7.61% compared to the sameperiod last year because some localities have increased school fees fromSeptember 2022 after exempting or reducing the fees in the 2021-2022 academicyear. Another contributor to the CPI hike was the prices of housing andconstruction materials which went up 6.58% year-on-year due to the increase incement, iron, steel and sand prices in line with the price of input materialsand high housing rents. The group of other goods and services rose by 3.71%over the same period last year, mainly because health insurance servicesincreased following a hike in basic salary from July 2023. The prices of culture, entertainment and tourism groups up by3.45% as the COVID-19 pandemic was put under control resulting in an increase inpeople's demand for entertainment and tourism. In August, the gold price index fell by 0.03% against theprevious month, while the US dollar index rose 0.53%./.
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The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by 0.45% month-on-month due to higher prices of food, foodstuff and electricity. (Photo: VNA) 
