HCM City October CPI up 0.4 percent
(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) in October increased 0.4 percent compared to September.
According to the city’s statistics office, the index was 3.8 percent higher than in January and 4.86 percent more than the same period last year.
Prices of housing, electricity, water, and fuel saw the sharpest increase of 1.46 percent, followed by goods and other services, (1.02 percent), and garments, hats and footwear (0.58 percent).
Post and telecommunications enjoyed a slight rise of only 0.03 percent.
Household appliances and cultural and tourism services saw decreases of .044 and 0.02 percent, respectively.
Gold prices were up 5.9 percent, while the VND-USD exchange rate was down 0.22 percent.