Specifically, the prices of seven out of eleven groups of commodities increased, in which the group of traffic registered the highest increase of 2.36%; the group of housing and construction materials rose by 0.88%; the group of food and catering services rose by 0.67%; the group of beverage and cigarette increased by 0.18%; the group of household appliances and goods rose by 0.06%; the group of education was up by 0.03%; the group of medicine and healthcare was up by 0.03%.
The group of culture, entertainment and tourism registered a decline of 0.1%; the group of postal services & telecommunication was down by 0.05%; the group of footwear and hat went down by 0.03%. The group of other commodities and services was unchanged as compared to that of the previous month.
The core inflation decreased by 0.06% in July 2021 as compared with that of the previous month, and increased by 0.99% over the same time of 2020. The average core inflation for seven months of 2021 was up by 0.89% as compared with that of the same period of 2020,The core inflation in July and the average core inflation for seven months of 2021 both registered the lowest increases since 2011.
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