HCM City consumer price index ups 0.06 %
Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in October increased 0.06 % from the previous month, according to its Statistics Office.
The figure represented a 0.9 % decrease from October, 2014 but a 0.34 % 10-month rise year on year.
According to the office, prices of nine out 11 statistical groups of commodities went down, in which those in culture and entertainment slipped 0.56 % and transport downed 0.52 % from September, due to the drop of gas and oil prices.
Housing, electricity, water, fuel, and building materials decreased 0.14 % while goods and other services contracted 0.12 %. Post and telecom services were down by 0.09 %; beverage and tobacco, 0.08 %; pharmaceuticals and health services, 0.05 %; and education, 0.03 %, month on month.
In October, price hikes happened in household appliances with 0.09 % and restaurant and eating services with 0.38 %. Prices of clothing, hats and footwear remain stable.
During the month, gold and USD prices diminished 1.13 and 0.56 %, respectively