July: CPI remains stable in biggest cities
VGP - Hà Nội’s consumer price index (CPI) in July is estimated to rise slightly by 0.25% against last month, and by 8.43% over last July, according to the Municipal Statistic Office.
The prices
of food and catering services in the capital city is estimated to rise the most
by 1.18% while prices of six other groups of goods increase less than 0.1%.
Prices
of many goods in Hà Nội in July 2010 do not change compared with June –
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CPI
of Hồ Chí Minh City in July is estimated to decrease 0.09% against June. The
city’s CPI in the first seven months of this year goes up 4.78%.
Such
decrease is attributable to the falling prices of construction materials, food
and petroleum products.
The prices
of food have gone down since March though posting a monthly average rise of
0.8% during the first seven months. Meanwhile, the prices of foodstuff since
January have increased approximately 1.02% a month, according to the Hồ Chi Minh
City Statistics Office.
Unusual
changes of weather conditions, diseases in plants and animals, and increasing
input costs contribute to such hikes in the prices of foodstuff, the Office said.
