According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO), the consumer price index (CPI) in November 2018 decreased by 0.29% against that of October 2018, and up by 3.46% as compared to that of the same period of 2017, and up by 3.24% as compared to that of December 2017.
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Specifically, the prices of seven out of the eleven groups of commodities increased, and the prices of four groups of commodities decreased as compared to the previous month.
The price index of the group of traffic registered the highest decrease of 1.81%; followed by that of the housing and construction materials group which was down by 0.64%; the price index of the group of food and catering services was down by 0.14% and the postal services decreased by 0.06%.
The price index of the the garment, footwear and hat group was up by 0.26%; the price index of other commodities increased by 0.15%; the group of household appliances and goods rose by 0.08%; the price index of the beverage and cigarette group was up by 0.07%; the price index of the culture, entertainment and tourism group increased by 0.05% and the group of medicine and healthcare increased by 0.01%.
The core inflation in November 2018 increased by 0.11% as compared to that of the previous month, and increased by 1.72% over the same period of 2017. The average core inflation in eleven months of 2018 was up by 1.46% as compared to that of the same period of 2017.
The gold price index of November 2018 was up by 0.98% as compared to the previous month, but down by 0.81% as compared to that of December 2017, and down by 0.93% as compared to that of the same period of 2017.
The USD index depreciated by 0.03% against that of October 2018, but up by 2.77% as compared to that of December 2017, and up by 2.79% in comparison with that of the same period of 2017.
Le Hang