HCM City’s March CPI decreases slightly

March 22, 2013 | 08:44
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Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in March saw a slight decrease of 0.29 per cent, resulting in the city’s CPI for the first quarter of this year to rise by 1.15 per cent.

According to the municipal Statistics Office, slight decreases were seen in six out of 11 commodity baskets.

Commodities and services recorded the deepest decrease at 0.62 per cent, followed by foodstuffs and restaurant services (0.6 per cent), culture-entertainment-tourism services (0.47 per cent), beverages and cigarettes (0.35 per cent), transport (0.34 per cent), and garments and textiles-headwear-footwear (0.08 per cent).

Meanwhile, housing-electricity-water-fuel price, and construction materials price registered a slight increase of 0.38 per cent and 0.07 per cent respectively.

During the month, the price of gold fell by 2.94 per cent while the US dollar price rose by 1.20 per cent compared to last month’s figures.

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